ELF radiation produced by electrical currents in sprites

被引：145

作者：

Cummer, SA ^{[1
]}

Inan, US ^{[1
]}

Bell, TF ^{[1
]}

Barrington-Leigh, CP ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Stanford Univ, STAR Lab, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

来源：

GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS | 1998年 / 25卷 / 08期

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D O I：

10.1029/98GL50937

中图分类号：

P [天文学、地球科学];

学科分类号：

07 ;

摘要：

Measurements of ELF-radiating currents associated with sprite-producing lightning discharges exhibit a second current peak simultaneous in time with sprite luminosity, suggesting that the observed ELF radiation is produced by intense electrical currents flowing in the body of the sprite.

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页码：1281 / 1284

页数：4

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