Energy estimation of electrons producing sprite halos using array photometer data

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 573-581

  Miyasato, Rina ^a   Fukunishi, Hiroshi ^a   Takahashi, Yukihiro ^a   Taylor, Michael J ^b  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elves; Lightning; Mesosphere; Optical emissions; Sprite halos; Sprites

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON; LIGHTNING; MESOSPHERE; PHOTOMETER; SPRITE;

EID: 0037544023     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(02)00322-X     Document Type: Article

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