Lightning sferics and stroke-delayed pulses measured in the stratosphere: Implications for mesospheric currents

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 22, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Thomas, Jeremy N ^a   Holzworth, Robert H ^a   McCarthy, Michael P ^a   Pinto Jr , Osmar ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; LIGHTNING; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING; LIGHTNING SFERICS; MESOSPHERIC CURRENT; STROKE DELAYED PULSES;

UPPER ATMOSPHERE;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; LIGHTNING; MESOSPHERE;

EID: 30744466637     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024629     Document Type: Article

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