ELF sferic energy as a proxy indicator for sprite occurrence

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 987-990

  Raising, Steven C ^a,c   Inan, Umran S ^b   Bell, Timothy F ^b  

^a University of Massachusetts   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM; IONOSPHERE; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHTNING; PHOTOMETERS; THUNDERSTORMS; EARTH SCIENCES; GEOPHYSICS;

CLOUD TO GROUND FLASH; RADIO ATMOSPHERICS; SPRITE;

ATMOSPHERIC SPECTRA; LUMINANCE;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; MESOSPHERE; SPRITE;

ANTARCTICA; ELF/VLF; HIGH RESOLUTION; MEASUREMENTS OF; SPRITE LUMINOSITIES; ULTRA LONG RANGES;

EID: 0033117646     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900123     Document Type: Article

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