High-speed intensified video recordings of sprites and elves over the western Mediterranean Sea during winter thunderstorms

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue A4, 2010, Pages

  Montanya J ^a   Van Der Velde, O ^a   Romero, D ^a   March, V ^a   Sola G ^a   Pineda, N ^b   Arrayas, M ^c   Trueba, J L ^c   Reglero, V ^d   Soula, S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b Meteorological Service of Catalonia   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^e LABORATOIRE D AÉROLOGIE   (France)

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EID: 77954412519     PISSN: 21699380     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014508     Document Type: Article

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