Beta-type stepped leader of elve-producing lightning

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Frey, H U ^a   Mende, S B ^a   Cummer, S A ^b   Chen, A B ^c   Hsu, R R ^c   Su, H T ^c   Chang, Y S ^d   Adachi, T ^e   Fukunishi, H ^e   Takahashi, Y ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL SPACE ORGANIZATION   (Taiwan)

^e TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC GROUNDING; OXYGEN; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ELVE-PRODUCING LIGHTNING; GROUND LIGHTNING; TRANSIENT LUMINOUS EVENTS;

LIGHTNING;

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; IMAGING METHOD; REMOTE SENSING; SPACECRAFT; SPRITE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 24944466357     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023080     Document Type: Article

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