Publication Date:
2019-07-12
Description:
The question of X-ray generation in thunderclouds is examined. Energetic electrons may be produced by the large electric fields of return strokes and, in turn, give rise to bremsstrahlung X-rays. Estimates of the X-ray fluxes are presented.
Keywords:
METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY
Type:
Annales Geophysicae, Series B - Terrestrial and Planetary Physics (ISSN 0980-8760); 5; 119-122
Format:
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