Seeking sprite-induced signatures in remotely sensed middle atmosphere NO2

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2008, Pages

  Arnone, Enrico ^a,b   Kero, A ^c   Dinelli, B M ^d   Enell, C F ^c   Arnold, N F ^b   Papandrea, E ^a   Rodger, Craig J ^e   Carlotti, M ^a   Ridolfi, M ^a   Turunen, E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d CNR   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN OXIDES; THUNDERSTORMS; TROPOSPHERE;

CHEMICAL IMPACT; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; SPRITES;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; OZONE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPRITE; THUNDERSTORM; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 43549124817     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031791     Document Type: Article

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