Transient airglow enhancements observed from the space shuttle Columbia during the MEIDEX sprite campaign

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages

  Israelevich, P L ^a   Yair, Y ^b   Devir, A D ^a   Joseph, J H ^a   Levin, Z ^a   Mayo, I ^a   Moalem, M ^c   Price, C ^a   Ziv, B ^b   Sternlieb, A ^d  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

^c ISRAELI AIR FORCE   (Israel)

^d Ministry of Defence Government of Israel   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; IONOSPHERE; LIGHTNING; SPACE SHUTTLES; THUNDERSTORMS;

AIRGLOW ENHANCEMENTS; LIGHTNING STROKES;

GEOPHYSICS;

AIRGLOW; IONOSPHERE; LIGHTNING; SPACE SHUTTLE; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 18544412163     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003gl019110     Document Type: Article

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