Observations of multi-microsecond VHF pulsetrains in energetic intracloud lightning discharges

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1587-1604

  Jacobson, A R ^a   Holzworth, R H ^a   Shao, X M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; GEOSTATISTICS; NOISE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 84855274315     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-29-1587-2011     Document Type: Article

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