Fine structure of sprites and proposed global observatiions

COSPAR Colloquia Series

Volumn 12, Issue C, 2002, Pages 275-282

  Mende, S B ^a   Frey, H U ^a   Rairden, R L ^b   Su, Han Tzong ^c   Hsu, R R ^c   Allin, T H ^d   Neubert, T ^d   Gerken, E A ^e   Inan, U S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77957061728     PISSN: 09642749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0964-2749(02)80229-3     Document Type: Article

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