Nadir observations of sprites from the International Space Station

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 109, Issue A2, 2004, Pages

  Blanc, E ^a   Farges, T ^a   Roche, R ^a   Brebion, D ^a   Hua, T ^b   Labarthe, A ^c   Melnikov, V ^d  

^a CEA DIF   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c CNES   (France)

^d S P KOROLEV ROCKET AND SPACE CORPORATION ENERGIA   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Atmosphere ionosphere coupling; High altitude discharges; Lightning; Spectral differentiation of sprite and lightning; Sprite observations from space; Sprites

Indexed keywords

EID: 4544236143     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JA009972     Document Type: Article

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