"Early/slow" events: A new category of VLF perturbations observed in relation with sprites

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Haldoupis, C ^a   Steiner, R J ^a   Mika, A ^a   Shalimov, S ^b   Marshall, R A ^c   Inan, U S ^c   Bosinger T ^d   Neubert, T ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b SCHMIDT INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS OF THE EARTH   (Russian Federation)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 33947520444     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JA011960     Document Type: Article

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