"Chaotic" dart leaders in triggered lightning: Electric fields, X-rays, and source locations

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Hill, Jonathan D ^a   Uman, Martin A ^a   Jordan, Douglas M ^a   Dwyer, Joseph R ^b   Rassoul, Hamid ^b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GAMMA RAYS;

A-FRAMES; CHANNEL BASE CURRENT; CONTINUOUS FLUX; ENERGETIC RADIATION; EXPOSURE-TIME; FIELD DERIVATIVES; HIGH-SPEED VIDEO IMAGES; LONG DURATION; PEAK CURRENTS; RETURN STROKE; SOURCE LOCATION; TRIGGERED LIGHTNING; WAVE FORMS; ZONE LENGTH;

LIGHTNING;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CHAOTIC DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC FIELD; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; LIGHTNING; TRIGGER MECHANISM; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS; X-RAY;

EID: 84863421731     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JD016737     Document Type: Article

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