Global sprite occurrence locations and rates derived from triangulation of transient Schumann resonance events

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 30, Issue 16, 2003, Pages

  Sato, Mitsuteru ^a   Fukunishi, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUDS; OBSERVATORIES;

SCHUMANN RESONANCES (SR);

GEOPHYSICS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPRITE; THUNDERCLOUD;

EID: 0344099461     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL017291     Document Type: Article

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