Roles of the EMP and QE field in the generation of columniform sprites

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Adachi, T ^a   Fukunishi, H ^a   Takahashi, Y ^a   Sato, M ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; DATA ACQUISITION; ELECTRODYNAMICS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; RESONANCE; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

CHARGE MOMENT; COLUMNIFORM SPRITES; LIGHTNING DISCHARGES; SPRITE STEAMERS;

GEOPHYSICS;

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; SPRITE;

EID: 2542441499     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003GL019081     Document Type: Article

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