Red sprites over thunderstorms in the coast of Shandong Province, China

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1079-1086

  Yang, Jing ^a,b   Qie, XiuShu ^a   Zhang, GuangShu ^b   Zhao, Yang ^b   Zhang, Tong ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Lightning; Red sprites; Thunderstorms

Indexed keywords

DAUCUS CAROTA;

EID: 44349192738     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-008-0141-8     Document Type: Article

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