Broadband analysis of chaotic pulse trains generated by negative cloud-to-ground lightning discharge

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 116, Issue 17, 2011, Pages

  Lan, Yu ^a,b   Zhang, Yi Jun ^a   Dong, Wan Sheng ^a   Lu, Wei Tao ^a   Liu, Heng Yi ^a   Zheng, Dong ^a  

^a STATE KEY LABORATORY OF SEVERE WEATHER   (China)

^b NATIONAL SATELLITE METEOROLOGICAL CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHTNING; POWER SPECTRAL DENSITY; QUANTUM OPTICS; SPECTRAL DENSITY;

AVERAGE POWER; BACKGROUND NOISE; BROADBAND ANALYSIS; BROADBAND MEASUREMENTS; BROADBAND WAVEFORM; CHANNEL PROPAGATION; CHAOTIC PULSE; CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING; FINE STRUCTURES; FREQUENCY RANGES; INTERFEROMETER DATA; PULSE CHARACTERISTICS; PULSE TRAIN; PULSE WIDTH; RADIATION INTENSITY; RADIATION POWER; RADIATION SOURCE; WAVE FORMS;

RADIATION;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; BROADBAND DATA; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; FREQUENCY-MAGNITUDE DISTRIBUTION; INTERFEROMETER; PROBABILITY; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

EID: 80053082316     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JD015159     Document Type: Article

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