ELF and VLF signatures of sprites registered onboard the low altitude satellite DEMETER

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 2599-2605

  Blecki J ^a,c   Parrot, M ^b   Wronowski, R ^a  

^a Polish Academy of Sciences   (Poland)

^b LPCE CNRS   (France)

^c Collegium Varsoviense ^*  (Poland)

Author keywords

Electromagnetics (Guided waves); Ionosphere (Electric fields and currents); Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (Lightning)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; DEMETER; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE; IONOSPHERE; METEOROLOGY; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SPRITE; THUNDERSTORM; WAVE PROPAGATION;

POLAND;

PACHYCEPHALIDAE;

EID: 76149112904     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-27-2599-2009     Document Type: Article

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