Far-Field power of lightning strokes as measured by the world wide lightning location network

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1102-1110

  Hutchins, Michael L ^a   Holzworth, Robert H ^a   Rodger, Craig J ^b   Brundell, James B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UltraMSKcom   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Atmospheric electricity; Instrumentation sensors; Ionosphere; Lightning

Indexed keywords

BOOTSTRAPPING METHOD; EARTH IONOSPHERE WAVEGUIDE; FAR-FIELD; FOUR-ORDER; GROUND WAVES; INSTRUMENTATION/SENSORS; LIGHTNING DETECTION; LIGHTNING LOCATION; LIGHTNING STROKES; NEW ZEALAND; PEAK CURRENTS; ROOT MEAN SQUARES; SPACE AND TIME; WAVEGUIDE MODE;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRIC FIELDS; IONOSPHERE; WAVEGUIDES;

LIGHTNING;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; IONOSPHERE; LIGHTNING; NETWORK ANALYSIS; SENSOR;

EID: 84861430968     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: 15200426     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JTECH-D-11-00174.1     Document Type: Article

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