Estimation of sprite occurrences in central Africa

Meteorologische Zeitschrift

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 99-104

  Füllekrug, Martin ^a   Price, Colin ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD COVER; LIGHTNING; MAGNETIC FIELD; METEOSAT; SPRITE;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; CONGO;

EID: 0036065661     PISSN: 09412948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1127/0941-2948/2002/0011-0099     Document Type: Article

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