Runaway breakdown and hydrometeors in lightning initiation

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 110, Issue 18, 2013, Pages

  Gurevich, A V ^a   Karashtin, A N ^b  

^a LEBEDEV PHYSICAL INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

^b LOBACHEVSKY STATE UNIVERSITY OF NIZHNY NOVGOROD   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING; EXTENSIVE ATMOSPHERIC SHOWERS; ION CONDUCTIVITIES; LIGHTNING INITIATION; LIGHTNING LEADER; LOW ENERGY ELECTRONS; PULSE ELECTRIC CURRENT; RUNAWAY BREAKDOWN;

CLOUDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; LIGHTNING;

IONS;

EID: 84877256658     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.110.185005     Document Type: Article

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