Early/fast VLF events produced by electron density changes associated with sprite halos

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 108, Issue A10, 2003, Pages

  Moore, Robert C ^a   Barrington Leigh, Christopher P ^a   Inan, Umran S ^a   Bell, Timothy F ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Early fast VLF events; Lightning; Lower ionosphere; Sprite; Sprite halo; VLF propagation

Indexed keywords

EID: 10644259954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002JA009816     Document Type: Article

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