Revisiting "Narrow Bipolar Event" intracloud lightning using the FORTE satellite

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 389-404

  Jacobson, A R ^a   Light, T E L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Atmospheric electricity; Lightning)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; LIGHTNING; METEOROLOGY; SATELLITE; STORM;

EID: 84857692890     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-30-389-2012     Document Type: Article

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