A causal relationship between lightning and explosive spread F
Abstract
Experimental evidence for a causal relationship between lightning and explosive equatorial spread F is presented. It is proposed that explosive spread F is produced by rapidly growing plasma instabilities, which are triggered by sudden increases of the F region ambient electric fields due to the penetration of lightning fields into regions of weak or marginal instability.
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Date
1984-12
Keywords
Ionosphere , Plasma , Electric fields
Citation
Woodman, R. F., & Kudeki, E. (1984). A causal relationship between lightning and explosive spread F. Geophysical Research Letters, 11 (12), 1165-1167. https://doi.org/10.1029/GL011i012p01165
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Publisher
American Geophysical Union