Electric fields changes produced by positives cloud-to-ground lightning flashes

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 92, Issue , 2013, Pages 37-42

  Schumann, Carina ^a   Saba, Marcelo Magalhães Fares ^a   da Silva, Raphael Bueno Guedes ^a   Schulz, Wolfgang ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b OVE ALDIS   (Austria)

Author keywords

Electric field; Positive lightning; Preliminary breakdown; Return stroke

Indexed keywords

CLOUD-TO-GROUND FLASH; CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING FLASH; CONTINUING CURRENT; ELECTRIC FIELD CHANGE; ELECTRIC FIELD WAVEFORM; HIGH-PEAK CURRENTS; INTRACLOUD; INTRACLOUD DISCHARGE; LONG DURATION; MEAN VALUES; PEAK AMPLITUDE; POSITIVE LIGHTNING; PRELIMINARY BREAKDOWN; PULSE TRAIN; PULSEWIDTHS; RETURN STROKE; RISETIMES; TIME INTERVAL;

THUNDERSTORMS;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

EID: 84867750217     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2012.09.008     Document Type: Article

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