Seeking sprite-induced signatures in remotely sensed middle atmosphere NO2: Latitude and time variations

Plasma Sources Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Arnone, E ^a   Kero, A ^b   Enell, C F ^b   Carlotti, M ^a   Rodger, Craig J ^c   Papandrea, E ^a   Arnold, N F ^d   Dinelli, B M ^e   Ridolfi, M ^a   Turunen, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL SCALE; GROUND BASED; LOCAL IMPACTS; LOW BACKGROUND; MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE; MIPAS/ENVISAT; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY; TIME VARIATIONS; TRANSIENT LUMINOUS EVENTS;

ATMOSPHERICS; REMOTE SENSING; THUNDERSTORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

EID: 68549107887     PISSN: 09630252     EISSN: 13616595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0963-0252/18/3/034014     Document Type: Article

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