Elves triggered by positive and negative lightning discharges

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 683-686

  Barrington Leigh, C P ^a   Inan, U S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; IONOSPHERE; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHTNING; PHOTOMETRY; THUNDERSTORMS;

ELVES; LIGHTNING ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSES (EMP);

ATMOSPHERICS;

ELF EVENT; LIGHTNING;

EID: 0033560129     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL900059     Document Type: Article

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