On ELF pulses from remote lightnings triggering sprites

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 13, 1997, Pages 1639-1642

  Sukhorukov, A I ^a   Stubbe, P ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR SONNENSYSTEMFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; LIGHTNING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

NIGHT TIME; RED SPRITE; WAVE FORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; GEOPHYSICS;

CLOUD TO GROUND DISCHARGES; REMOTE LIGHTNING TRIGGERING SPRITES;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUD TO GROUND DISCHARGE; LIGHTNING; SPRITE;

EID: 0031177935     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL01602     Document Type: Article

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