Characteristics of thunderstorm systems producing winter sprites in Japan

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1-11

  Adachi, T ^a   Fukunishi, H ^a   Takahashi, Yukihiro ^a   Sato, M ^a   Ohkubo, A ^a   Yamamoto, Katsura ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; SPRITE; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 24644505807     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004JD005012     Document Type: Article

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