Spatial structure of sprites

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2123-2126

  Pasko, Victor P ^a   Inan, Umran S ^a   Bell, Timothy F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; THUNDERSTORMS;

SPRITES; STREAMER BREAKDOWN;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

SPRITE; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 0032525752     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL01242     Document Type: Article

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