Diffuse and streamer regions of sprites

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 82-1-82-4

  Pasko, Victor P ^a   Stenbaek Nielsen, Hans C ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IONOSPHERE; REMOTE SENSING; THERMAL STRATIFICATION;

SPRITE EVENTS;

GEOPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; SPRITE; STRATIFICATION;

EID: 0037095918     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001gl014241     Document Type: Article

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