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The distribution of lightning channel lengths in northern alabama thunderstorms
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Koshak, W. J. Peterson, H. S. |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Description | Lightning is well known to be a major source of tropospheric NOx, and in most cases is the dominant natural source (Huntreiser et al 1998, Jourdain and Hauglustaine 2001). Production of NOx by a segment of a lightning channel is a function of channel segment energy density and channel segment altitude. A first estimate of NOx production by a lightning flash can be found by multiplying production per segment [typically 104 J/m; Hill (1979)] by the total length of the flash s channel. The purpose of this study is to determine average channel length for lightning flashes near NALMA in 2008, and to compare average channel length of ground flashes to the average channel length of cloud flashes. |
| File Size | 123778 |
| Page Count | 1 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20100004865 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9770g67q |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2010-01-17 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Meteorology And Climatology Nitrogen Oxides Multiplication Thunderstorms Flux Density Lightning Troposphere Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
