Comment on "plasma chemistry of sprite streamers" by D.D. Sentman, H.C. tenbaek-Nielsen, M.G. McHarg, and J.S. Morrill

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 8, 2009, Pages

  Kamaratos, Efstathios ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); NEWTONIAN FLOW; QUENCHING; RATE CONSTANTS;

BAND SYSTEMS; NIELSEN; PLASMA CHEMISTRIES; REACTION MECHANISM; SPRITE STREAMER;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

NITROGEN; PLASMA; REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE; SPRITE;

EID: 66949174809     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011196     Document Type: Review

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