Computer simulations on the initiation and morphological difference of Japan winter and summer sprites

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Asano, Tomokazu ^a   Hayakawa, Masashi ^a   Cho, Mengu ^b   Suzuki, Tomoyuki ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c Air Weather Group   (Japan)

^d Air Weather Group   (Japan)

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EID: 41849140015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012528     Document Type: Article

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