Terrestrial gamma-ray flashes observed up to 20 MeV

Science

Volumn 307, Issue 5712, 2005, Pages 1085-1088

  Smith, David M ^a   Lopez, Liliana I ^b   Lin, R P ^b   Barrington Leigh, Christopher P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHOTONS; SATELLITES;

BREMSSTRAHLUNG MODEL; PHOTON ENERGY; REUVEN RAMATY HIGH ENERGY SOLAR SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGER (RHESSI); TERRESTRIAL GAMMA-RAY FLASHES (TGF);

GAMMA RAYS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; GAMMA RAY RADIATION;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; BREMS RADIATION; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; GAMMA RADIATION; IMAGE INTENSIFIER; LAND BIOME; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; REUVEN RAMATY HIGH ENERGY SOLAR SPECTROSCOPIC IMAGER SATELLITE; SOLAR ENERGY; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EID: 13844319483     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1107466     Document Type: Article

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