Possible persistent ionization caused by giant blue jets

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Lehtinen, Nikolai G ^a   Inan, Umran S ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON AFFINITY; ELECTRONS; JETS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NEGATIVE IONS; POSITIVE IONS;

CONSTITUENT MODEL; GIANT BLUE JETS; PERSISITENT IONIZATION; SUBSTANTIAL IONIZATION;

IONOSPHERE;

ELECTRIC FIELD; IONIZATION; IONOSPHERE; JET; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 34250750714     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006GL029051     Document Type: Article

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