Estimation of sprite occurrences in Central Africa

Extremely low-frequency magnetic field disturbances from intense positive lightning discharges are compared to the convective cloud cover in central Africa, derived from infrared brightness temperatures recorded on board the geostationary satellite Meteosat during April 1998. The mean diurnal variat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Martin Füllekrug, Colin Price
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Borntraeger 2002-05-01
Series:Meteorologische Zeitschrift
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1127/0941-2948/2002/0011-0099