Significance of transient luminous events to neutral chemistry: Experimental measurements

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Rodger, Craig J ^a   Seppälä, Annika ^b   Clilverd, Mark A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c BRITISH ANTARCTIC SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; NITROGEN; STORMS; THUNDERSTORMS;

EXPERIMENTAL MEASUREMENTS; NEUTRAL CHEMISTRY; ODD NITROGEN; RED SPRITES; TRANSIENT LUMINOUS EVENT (TLE); TRANSIENT LUMINOUS EVENTS (TLES);

CHEMISTRY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; IONIZATION; LIGHTNING; MESOSPHERE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; STRATOSPHERE; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 45549086058     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL033221     Document Type: Article

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