Possible direct cloud-to-ionosphere current evidenced by sprite-initiated secondary TLEs

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2007, Pages

  Marshall, R A ^a   Inan, U S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUDS; IONOSPHERE; LUMINANCE; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTOMETERS;

INTRA-CLOUD ACTIVITY; MESOSPHERE; SPRITE DISCHARGE;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; IONOSPHERE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MESOSPHERE; PHOTOMETER; SPRITE;

EID: 34249899134     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL028511     Document Type: Article

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