Lightning development associated with two negative gigantic jets

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Lu, Gaopeng ^a   Cummer, Steven A ^a   Lyons, Walter A ^b   Krehbiel, Paul R ^c   Li, Jingbo ^a   Rison, William ^c   Thomas, Ronald J ^c   Edens, Harald E ^c   Stanley, Mark A ^c   Beasley, William ^d   MacGorman, Donald R ^e   Van Der Velde, Oscar A ^f   Cohen, Morris B ^g   Lang, Timothy J ^h   Rutledge, Steven A ^h  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b FMA Research Incorporated   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^h Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ION EXCHANGE; IONOSPHERE;

INTRACLOUD; NEGATIVE POLARITY; VERY HIGH FREQUENCY;

LIGHTNING;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; IONOSPHERE; JET STREAM; LIGHTNING; MAPPING METHOD; TRACKING;

EID: 79959423689     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011GL047662     Document Type: Article

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