Global distributions and occurrence rates of transient luminous events

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 8, 2008, Pages

  Chen, Alfred B ^a   Kuo, Cheng Ling ^a,f   Lee, Yi Jen ^a   Su, Han Tzong ^a   Hsu, Rue Ron ^a   Chern, Jyh Long ^b   Frey, Harald U ^c   Mende, Stephen B ^c   Takahashi, Yukihiro ^d   Fukunishi, Hiroshi ^d   Chang, Yeou Shin ^e   Liu, Tie Yue ^e   Lee, Lou Chuang ^f  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL SPACE ORGANIZATION   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 55849147703     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013101     Document Type: Article

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