Measurements and implications of the relationship between lightning and terrestrial gamma ray flashes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Cummer, Steven A ^a   Zhai, Yuhu ^a   Hu, Wenyi ^a   Smith, David M ^b,c   Lopez, Liliana I ^d,e   Stanley, Mark A ^f  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHTING; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MEASUREMENTS; SATELLITES; SENSORS;

LIGHTNING CHARGE MOMENTS; MAGNETIC FIELD SENSORS; RADIO EMISSIONS; TERRESTRIAL GAMMA RAY FLASHES (TGF);

GAMMA RAYS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 22944466881     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL022778     Document Type: Article

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