Strokes of upward illumination occurring within a few milliseconds after typical lightning return strokes

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 15, 2012, Pages

  Stolzenburg, Maribeth ^a   Marshall, Thomas C ^a   Karunarathne, Sumedhe ^a   Karunarathna, Nadeeka ^a   Warner, Tom A ^b   Orville, Richard E ^c   Betz, Hans Dieter ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e NOWCAST GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHTNING PROTECTION; SPACE PLATFORMS;

CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING FLASH; CORRELATED DATA; DETECTION SYSTEM; ELECTRIC FIELD CHANGE; FLORIDA; FRAMES PER SECONDS; HIGH SPEED VIDEO CAMERAS; KENNEDY SPACE CENTERS; LIGHTNING RETURN STROKE; PEAK CURRENTS; RETURN STROKE; SHORT DURATIONS; SLOW PROPAGATION;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

ALTITUDE; ANTENNA; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; ELECTRIC FIELD; MAGNITUDE; VIDEOGRAPHY;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; KENNEDY SPACE CENTER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84864841089     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD017654     Document Type: Article

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