On the fine structure of thunderstorms leading to the generation of sprites and elves: Fractal analysis

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1-9

  Hayakawa, M ^a   Nakamura, T ^a   Iudin, D ^a,b   Michimoto, K ^c   Suzuki, T ^c   Hanada, T ^c   Shimura, T ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^c JAPAN DEFENSE AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SPRITE; THUNDERSTORM;

OCEANIC REGIONS; PACIFIC OCEAN; SEA OF JAPAN; WORLD;

EID: 20044384564     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD004545     Document Type: Article

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