Observed emission rates in sprite streamer heads

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2007, Pages

  Stenbaek Nielsen, H C ^a   McHarg, M G ^b   Kanmae, T ^a   Sentman, D D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^b UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT EMISSION; LUMINANCE; OPTICAL RESOLVING POWER; PHOTONS;

OPTICAL EMISSIONS; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPRITE STREAMER HEADS;

GEOPHYSICS;

EMISSION; LIGHTNING; SPATIAL RESOLUTION; SPRITE;

EID: 34547823119     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL029881     Document Type: Article

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