On the association of terrestrial gamma-ray bursts with lightning and implications for sprites

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1017-1020

  Inan, Umran S ^a   Reising, Steven C ^a   Fishman, Gerald J ^b   Horack, John M ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERICS; CLOUDS; LIGHTNING; STARS; ATTENUATION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; GAMMA RAYS; RADIATION DETECTORS; RADIO; THUNDERSTORMS; WAVEGUIDES;

ANTARCTICA; CONTINUING CURRENT; GAMMA RAY BURSTS; LIGHTNING DISCHARGE; MEASUREMENTS OF; RADIO ATMOSPHERICS; SOURCE REGION; WAVE FORMS;

GAMMA RAYS; ATMOSPHERICS;

BATSE DETECTORS; CLOD TO GROUND DISCHARGES; GAMMA RAY BURSTS; LUMINOUS GLOWS; POSITIVE DISCHARGES; RADIO ATMOSPHERICS; SLOW TAIL WAVEFORMS; TERRESTRIAL ORIGIN;

CLOUD TO GROUND DISCHARGE; GAMMA RAY; LIGHTNING; SPRITE;

ANTARCTICA, PALMER STATION;

EID: 0030136447     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96GL00746     Document Type: Article

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