Satellite observations of lightning-induced hard X-ray flux enhancements in the conjugate region

Annales Geophysicae

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1969-1976

  Buik R ^a   Kudela, K ^a   Kuznetsov, S N ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

^b MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUX MEASUREMENT; LIGHTNING; SATELLITE DATA; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; X-RAY;

EID: 33751120158     PISSN: 09927689     EISSN: 14320576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/angeo-24-1969-2006     Document Type: Article

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