Fractal structure of sprites

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 497-500

  Pasko, V P ^a   Inan, U S ^a   Bell, T F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRACTAL ANALYSIS; SPRITE;

CLOUDS; ELECTRIC CORONA; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FRACTALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBABILITY;

CORONA DISCHARGES; SPRITES;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 0034353435     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1999GL010749     Document Type: Article

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