BLUE JETS PRODUCED BY QUASI-ELECTROSTATIC PREDISCHARGE THUNDERCLOUD FIELDS

Authors
PASKO VP INAN US BELL TF
Citation
Vp. Pasko et al., BLUE JETS PRODUCED BY QUASI-ELECTROSTATIC PREDISCHARGE THUNDERCLOUD FIELDS, Geophysical research letters, 23(3), 1996, pp. 301-304
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary
Journal title
Geophysical research letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00948276
Volume
23
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
301 - 304
Database
ISI
SICI code
0094-8276(1996)23:3<301:BJPBQP>2.0.ZU;2-Q
Abstract
Pre-discharge quasi-electrostatic (QE) fields immediately above the th undercloud lead to the formation and upward propagation of streamer ty pe ionization channels with features in good agreement with recent vid eo observations of Blue Jets.