Compact intracloud lightning discharges: 1. Mechanism of electromagnetic radiation and modeling

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 115, Issue 20, 2010, Pages

  Nag, Amitabh ^a   Rakov, Vladimir A ^a  

^a J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; ELECTRON OPTICS; LIGHTNING; WAVE PROPAGATION;

CHANNEL LENGTH; CURRENT ATTENUATION; CURRENT REFLECTION; CURRENT WAVES; ELECTRIC FIELD WAVEFORM; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; EXPERIMENTAL EVIDENCE; FINE STRUCTURES; INTRACLOUD; LIGHTNING DISCHARGE; MULTIPLE REFLECTIONS; PROPAGATION SPEED; RISETIMES; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION; WAVE FORMS; WAVE PHENOMENA; WAVE TRAVELING;

ELECTROMAGNETISM;

ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; LIGHTNING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 78049380765     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD014235     Document Type: Article

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