Multiple ion species fluid modeling of sprite halos and the role of electron detachment of O- in their dynamics

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Liu, Ningyu ^a  

^a Geospace Physics Laboratory Department of Physics and Space Sciences Florida Institute of Technology ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84858648212     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA017062     Document Type: Article

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