Parameterisation of the chemical effect of sprites in the middle atmosphere

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 13-27

  Enell, C F ^a   Arnone, E ^b,g   Adachi, T ^c,h   Chanrion, O ^d   Verronen, P T ^e   Seppala, A ^e   Neubert, T ^d   Ulich, T ^a   Turunen, E ^a   Takahashi, Y ^c   Hsu, R R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^h KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD; IONIZATION; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; OZONE; PARAMETERIZATION; SPRITE; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 38949154125     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-26-13-2008     Document Type: Article

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