Simultaneous near-infrared and visible observations of sprites and acoustic-gravity waves during the EXL98 campaign

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Siefring, Carl L ^a   Morrill, Jeff S ^a   Sentman, Davis D ^b   Heavner, Matthew J ^c  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA FAIRBANKS   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 77958129106     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014862     Document Type: Article

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