Enhancement in ionospheric temperatures during thunderstorms

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-56

  Sharma, D K ^a   Rai, Jagdish ^a   Israil, M ^a   Subrahmanyam, P ^b   Chopra, P ^b   Garg, S C ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Ionospheric temperatures; RPA payload; Sprites; Thunderstorm; VLF radiation

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; IONOSPHERE; LIGHTNING; SPRITE; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 0347026012     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2003.07.013     Document Type: Article

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