Charge rearrangement by sprites over a north Texas mesoscale convective system

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 117, Issue 22, 2012, Pages

  Hager, William W ^a   Sonnenfeld, Richard G ^b   Feng, Wei ^a   Kanmae, Takeshi ^c   Stenbaek Nielsen, H C ^c   McHarg, Matthew G ^d   Haaland, Ryan K ^e   Cummer, Steven A ^f   Lu, Gaopeng ^f   Lapierre, Jeff L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^d UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^e FORT LEWIS COLLEGE   (United States)

^f Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; IONOSPHERE; LIGHTNING PROTECTION; THUNDERSTORMS;

CLOUD DISCHARGE; CLOUD-TO-GROUND DISCHARGE; CURRENT PULSE; DUKE UNIVERSITY; LANGMUIRS; LIGHT INTENSITY; LIGHTNING DETECTION; LIGHTNING FLASHES; MAGNETIC FIELD DATA; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; NEW MEXICO; POSITIVE CURRENT; RECOIL EFFECT; RETURN STROKE; SIZE AND SHAPE; VIDEO SYSTEMS;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; SPRITE; THUNDERSTORM; VELOCITY PROFILE;

NEW MEXICO; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84870174214     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JD018309     Document Type: Article

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