Lightning Initiation and Propagation

Abstract

The University of Florida (UF) and Florida Institute of Technology (FIT) completed an exploratory (seedling) program that examined the salient aspects of lightning initiation and propagation including the role of X-rays, gamma rays, and cosmic rays in the initiation and propagation of lightning and in the phenomenology of thunderclouds. The experimental portion took place at the International Center for Lightning Research and Testing (ICLRT) in north-central Florida.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA524374

Entities

People

  • M. A. Uman

Organizations

  • University of Florida

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cosmic Rays
  • Cumulonimbus Clouds
  • Detectors
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Pulses
  • Emission
  • Engineering
  • Gamma Rays
  • Lightning
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Measurement
  • Radiation
  • Radio Frequency Pulses
  • Simulations
  • Thunderstorms
  • Universities
  • X Rays

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Research Science/Academic Research
  • Solar Physics
  • Technical Research and Report Writing.