Submillisecond imaging of sprite development and structure

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Cummer, Steven A ^a   Jaugey, Nicolas ^a   Li, Jingbo ^a   Lyons, Walter A ^b   Nelson, Thomas E ^b   Gerken, Elizabeth A ^c  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b FMA Research Incorporated   (United States)

^c SRI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; LIGHTNING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MORPHOLOGY; SENSORS;

MESOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MESOSPHERIC TRANSIENT LUMINOUS EVENTS; SPRITE DEVELOPMENT; SUBMILLISECOND IMAGING;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

IMAGING METHOD; SPRITE;

EID: 33645637655     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL024969     Document Type: Article

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