Activities of sprites and elves in the winter season, Japan

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 551-560

  Takahashi, Yukihiro ^a   Miyasato, Rina ^a   Adachi, Toru ^a   Adachi, Kazuhiro ^a   Sera, Masaaki ^a   Uchida, Akihiro ^a   Fukunishi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cold front; Elves; Lightning; Sprites; Winter; Winter thunderstorms

Indexed keywords

COLD FRONT; LIGHTNING; SPRITE; THUNDERSTORM; WINTER;

(WEST); JAPAN;

EID: 0037737966     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(02)00330-9     Document Type: Article

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