Altitude resolved sprite spectra with 3 ms temporal resolution

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Kanmae, T ^a   Stenbaek Nielsen, H C ^a   McHarg, Matthew G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; IONIZATION; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

ALTITUDE RESOLUTION; ALTITUDE RESOLVED SPRITE SPECTRA; TEMPORAL RESOLUTION;

GEOPHYSICS;

IMAGING METHOD; IONIZATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; SPRITE;

SUIDAE;

EID: 33947634999     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028608     Document Type: Article

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