Lightning induced heating of the ionosphere

Atmosfera

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 31-38

  Sharma, D K ^a   Israil, M ^a   Rai, J ^a   Garg, S C ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Ionospheric temperature; Sprites; Thunderstorms

Indexed keywords

F REGION; HEATING; IONOSPHERE; SPRITE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 1642488300     PISSN: 01876236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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