Indirectly Measured Ambient Electric Fields for Lightning Initiation in Fast Breakdown Regions
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Lightning Electric and Magnetic Fields
Characteristics of measured electric and magnetic fields generated by various lightning processes are reviewed. Ground flashes of both polarities and cloud flashes are considered. Examples of different types of field waveforms are given.
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عنوان ژورنال: Geophysical Research Letters
سال: 2020
ISSN: 0094-8276,1944-8007
DOI: 10.1029/2019gl086089