Production altitude and time delays of the terrestrial gamma flashes: Revisiting the Burst and Transient Source Experiment spectra

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 113, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Ostgaard N ^a   Gjesteland, T ^a   Stadsnes, J ^a   Connell, P H ^b   Carlson, B ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 41849097079     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007JA012618     Document Type: Article

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