Infrared glow above thunderstorms?

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 2635-2638

  Picard, R H ^a   Inan, U S ^b   Pasko, V P ^b   Winick, J R ^a   Wintersteiner, P P ^c  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARCON CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ATMOSPHERIC THERMODYNAMICS; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLOUDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRONS; ELECTROSTATICS; ENERGY TRANSFER; INFRARED RADIATION; IONIC CONDUCTION; NITROGEN; THUNDERSTORMS; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; EXCITED STATES;

ELECTROSTATIC HEATING MODELS; NONLOCAL THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIUM; THUNDERCLOUD FIELDS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CARBON DIOXIDE;

AIRGLOW; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON; INFRARED GLOW; IONOSPHERE; THUNDERSTORM;

ELECTRON COLLISION; EXCITATION RATE; INFRARED EMISSIONS; IONOSPHERIC ELECTRON; RADIANCE SPECTRA; RADIATION MODELING; SPECTRAL REGION; VIBRATIONAL ENERGY TRANSFER;

EID: 0031277649     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02753     Document Type: Article

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