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Contents
Conventional Breakdown
Subsections
Introduction
Breakdown basics
Charge mobility and motion
E/N and electron energy,
Ionization, Recombination, and Attachment
Electron avalanche
Atmospheric Models
1976 U.S. Standard Atmosphere
Latitudinal and Seasonal Variation
Atmospheric Conductivity and Relaxation Time
Ion Conductivity
Electron Conductivity
Total conductivity
Relaxation Time
Sprite Initiation Threshold
Infinite images
Uniformly Charged Disk
Initiation Threshold vs. Height
Streamers
Formation
Propagation
Mark Stanley 2000-10-22