Luminosity of initial breakdown in lightning

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 118, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2918-2937

  Stolzenburg, M ^a   Marshall, T C ^a   Karunarathne, S ^a   Karunarathna, N ^a   Vickers, L E ^a   Warner, T A ^b   Orville, R E ^c   Betz, H D ^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

CLOUDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHTNING;

ELECTRIC FIELD CHANGE; ELECTROMAGNETIC DATA; FIRST RETURNS; HIGH-SPEED VIDEO; LIGHTNING FLASHES; LINEAR SEGMENTS; STEPPED LEADER; TIME-CORRELATED;

LUMINANCE;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; LUMINESCENCE;

EID: 84880897528     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50276     Document Type: Article

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