Effects of spatial non-uniformity of streamer discharges on spectroscopic diagnostics of peak electric fields in transient luminous events

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Celestin, Sebastien ^a   Pasko, Victor P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND SYSTEMS; CORRECTIVE FACTOR; ELECTRON DENSITIES; ENERGY EXCITATION; MODELING ANALYSIS; NEGATIVE STREAMERS; NONUNIFORMITY; PEAK ELECTRIC FIELD; PEAK VALUES; RADIATION INTENSITY; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STREAMER DISCHARGES; TRANSIENT LUMINOUS EVENTS;

ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON DENSITY; LIGHTNING; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

EID: 77950506922     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010GL042675     Document Type: Article

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