High-speed measurements of small-scale features in sprites: Sizes and lifetimes

Radio Science

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Marshall, R A ^a   Inan, U S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; FEATURE EXTRACTION; IMAGE PROCESSING; PHOTOMETRY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TELESCOPES;

DOBSONIAN REFLECTING TELESCOPES; SPATIAL RESOLUTION IMAGES; SPRITE FEATURES; TELESCOPIC IMAGING;

CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES;

EID: 33847024573     PISSN: 00486604     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005RS003353     Document Type: Article

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