Estimation of global lightning activity and observations of atmospheric electric field

Acta Geophysica

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 183-204

  Gołkowski, Marek ^a   Kubicki, Marek ^b   Cohen, Morris ^c   Kułak, Andrzej ^d,f   Inan, Umran S ^c,e  

^a The University of Colorado Denver   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOPHYSICS   (Poland)

^c Stanford University   (United States)

^d JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^e AGH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^f KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

ELF VLF waves; global electric circuit; lightning discharges; Schumann resonances

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRIC FIELD; EARTH IONOSPHERE WAVEGUIDE; ELF/VLF; ELF/VLF WAVES; FAIR WEATHER; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRIC CIRCUIT; GLOBAL ELECTRIC CIRCUIT; GLOBAL LIGHTNING; GLOBAL LIGHTNING ACTIVITY; IONOSPHERIC POTENTIAL; LIGHTNING ACTIVITY; LIGHTNING DISCHARGE; LIGHTNING DISCHARGES; LIGHTNING LOCATION; PROPAGATION EFFECT; SCHUMANN RESONANCES; SPECIFIC ATTENUATION; STANDING WAVE;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; IONOSPHERE; RESONANCE;

LIGHTNING;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IONOSPHERE; LIGHTNING; RESONANCE; STANDING WAVE; WAVE ATTENUATION; WAVE PROPAGATION;

EID: 78649704657     PISSN: 18956572     EISSN: 18957455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11600-010-0035-4     Document Type: Article

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