Thunderstorm and lightning characteristics associated with sprites in Brazil

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 31, Issue 13, 2004, Pages

  Pinto Jr , O ^a   Saba, M M F ^a   Pinto, I R C A ^a   Tavares, F S S ^a   Naccarato, K P ^a   Solorzano, N N ^a   Taylor, M J ^b   Pautet, P D ^b   Holzworth, R H ^c  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PESQUISAS ESPACIAIS   (Brazil)

^b UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; INFRARED IMAGING; LIGHTNING; RADAR; STORMS; THUNDERSTORMS; CCD CAMERAS;

CCD CAMERAS; LIGHTNING NETWORKS;

GEOPHYSICS; THUNDERSTORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; LIGHTNING; SPRITE; THUNDERSTORM;

BRAZIL; SOUTH AMERICA;

GROUND LIGHTNING; HIGH SENSITIVITY; INTENSIFIED CCD; LIGHTNING CHARACTERISTICS; MESOSCALE CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; PEAK CURRENTS; SATELLITE INFRARED IMAGES; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

EID: 4544277051     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020264     Document Type: Article

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