Chemistry of sprite discharges through ion-neutral reactions

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 3919-3928

  Hiraki, Y ^a   Kasai, Y ^b   Fukunishi, H ^c  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISCHARGE; ESTIMATION METHOD; MESOSPHERE; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; SPRITE; STRATOSPHERE;

EID: 48049115761     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-3919-2008     Document Type: Article

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