Observations of the relationship between sprite morphology and in-cloud lightning processes

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 111, Issue 15, 2006, Pages

  van der Velde, Oscar A ^a   Mika, Ágnes ^b   Soula, Serge ^a   Haldoupis, Christos ^b   Neubert, Torsten ^c   Inan, Umran S ^d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRIC SPARKS; INTERFEROMETRY; LIGHTNING; LUMINESCENCE; THUNDERSTORMS;

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; INTERFEROMETRY; MESOSPHERE; SPRITE; THUNDERSTORM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; MIDI-PYRENEES; WESTERN EUROPE;

DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 33845914924     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006879     Document Type: Article

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