A very active sprite-producing storm observed over Argentina

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Volumn 88, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Thomas, Jeremy N ^a   Taylor, Michael J ^b   Pautet, Dominique ^b   Bailey, Matthew ^b   Solorzano, Natalia N ^c   Holzworth, Robert H ^a   McCarthy, Michael P ^a   Kokorowski, Michael ^a   Sao Sabbas, Fernanda ^d   Pinlo Jr , Osmar ^d   Cummer, Steven A ^e   Jaugey, Nicolas ^e   Li, Jingbo ^e   Schuch, Nelson Jorge ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c DIGIPEN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^e Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; SPRITE; THUNDERSTORM;

ARGENTINA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 34147198275     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007EO100001     Document Type: Review

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