The development of atmospheric lightning is initiated by a 'leader' phase during which ionized channels appear in virgin air. The use of rapid cameras, the measure of fields and currents associated with the discharge allow one to compare the propagation of laboratory leaders with those of natural or
Modeling of lightning
โ Scribed by Dennis W. Quinn
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 647 KB
- Volume
- 29
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0378-4754
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