Mechanism of ELF radiation from sprites

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 3493-3496

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

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; LIGHTNING;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRIC CIRCUIT; SPRITES;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES;

ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; SPRITE;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRIC CIRCUIT; CONDUCTING BODIES; CURRENTS FLOWING; LIGHTNING DISCHARGE; QUASI-ELECTROSTATIC FIELDS;

EID: 0032531369     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL02631     Document Type: Article

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