Mesospheric inversion layer and sprites

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 23, 2009, Pages

  Fadnavis, S ^a   Siingh, Devendraa ^a,c   Singh, R P ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

^b VEER KUNWAR SINGH UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; GRAVITATIONAL EFFECTS; IONOSPHERE; THUNDERSTORMS;

AIR DENSITY; BROADBAND EMISSION RADIOMETRY; DEEP CONVECTION; INVERSION LAYER; PUY DE DOMES; PYRENEES; VERTICAL STRUCTURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; BREAKING WAVE; GRAVITY WAVE; INVERSION LAYER; LIGHTNING; MESOSPHERE; SPRITE; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; THUNDERSTORM;

AUVERGNE; CHAINE DES PUYS; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; HAUTE PYRENEES; MASSIF CENTRAL; MIDI-PYRENEES; PIC DU MIDI; PUY DE DOME [CHAINE DES PUYS]; PYRENEES; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 72049083463     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JD011913     Document Type: Article

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