Comment on "High altitude discharges and gamma-ray flashes: A manifestation of runaway breakdown" by Yuri Taranenko and Robert Roussel-Dupré

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 21, 1997, Pages 2643-2644

  Papadopoulos, K ^a   Valdivia, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACKSCATTERING; ELECTRIC BREAKDOWN OF SOLIDS; ELECTRON BEAMS; ELECTRON SCATTERING; GAMMA RAYS; GEOMAGNETISM; IONIZATION OF GASES; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

BLUE JETS; RUNAWAY BREAKDOWN; SPRITES;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 0031271868     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL02687     Document Type: Article

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