Electric field changes generated by the preliminary breakdown for the negative cloud-to-ground lightning flashes in Malaysia and Sweden

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 84-85, Issue , 2012, Pages 15-24

  Baharudin, Z A ^a   Fernando, M ^b   Ahmad, Noor Azlinda ^a   Makela J S ^c   Rahman, Mahbubur ^a   Cooray, Vernon ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Close ground flashes; Initiation position; Preliminary breakdown process; Slow field changes

Indexed keywords

BREAKDOWN PROCESS; CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING FLASH; DATA SETS; ELECTRIC FIELD CHANGE; FIELD CHANGE; FIRST RETURNS; GEOMETRIC MEAN; GROUND FLASH; HIGH RESOLUTION; INITIATION POSITION; MALAYSIA; MEAN VALUES; NARROW-BAND RADIATION;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHTNING; THUNDERSTORMS;

ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT;

EID: 84864023290     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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