Observations of streamer formation in sprites

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2007, Pages

  McHarg, Matthew G ^a   Stenbaek Nielsen, Hans C ^b   Kammae, Takeshi ^b  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC SPARKS; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTOMETRY;

SPRITES; STREAMER FORMATION;

LIGHTNING;

ALTITUDE; FORMATION MECHANISM; IMAGE RESOLUTION; LIGHT ATTENUATION; SPRITE;

DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 34249906789     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL027854     Document Type: Article

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