Electric-field changes of lightning observed in thunderstorms

During the Summer and Fall of 1998 we launched five balloon‐borne instruments into thunderstorms to observe changes in the vertical component of electric field caused by lightning. Four of these were for measurement of field change only. The fifth was part of a larger package that included a gamma r...

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Published in:Geophysical research letters 2000-01, Vol.27 (2), p.189-192
Main Authors: Beasley, William H., Eack, Kenneth B., Morris, Heidi E., Rust, W. David, MacGorman, Donald R.
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Storms, hurricanes, tornadoes, thunderstorms
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