Transient luminous events in the vicinity of Taiwan

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 561-566

  Hsu, R R ^a   Su, H T ^a   Chen, Alfred B ^a   Lee, L C ^a,b   Asfur, M ^c   Price, C ^c   Yair, Y ^d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SPACE ORGANIZATION   (Taiwan)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

Landsprites; Oceanic sprites; Transient luminous events (TLEs)

Indexed keywords

LIGHTNING; SPRITE; THUNDERSTORM;

TAIWAN;

EID: 0037716785     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(02)00320-6     Document Type: Article

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