Comparison of time delays of sprites induced by winter lightning flashes in the Japan Sea with those in the Pacific Ocean

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 101-111

  Matsudo, Y ^a   Suzuki, T ^b   Michimoto, K ^b   Myokei, K ^a   Hayakawa, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

^b Ministry of Defense   (Japan)

Author keywords

ELF measurements; Japanese winter lightning; SAFIR; Sprites

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FURNACES; PROBABILITY; STORMS; THUNDERSTORMS; TIME DELAY;

ELF MEASUREMENTS; EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCIES; HIGH FREQUENCIES; JAPAN SEAS; JAPANESE WINTER LIGHTNING; LIGHTNING DISCHARGES; LIGHTNING FLASHES; OPTICAL-; PACIFIC OCEANS; SAFIR; SPRITE GENERATIONS; SPRITES; TIME- DELAYS;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 58149265025     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2008.09.040     Document Type: Article

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