Time evolution of terrestrial gamma ray flashes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Grefenstette, B W ^a   Smith, D M ^a   Dwyer, J R ^b   Fishman, G J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; COMPTON SCATTERING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHOTONS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

ELECTRON AVALANCHES; TERRESTRIAL GAMMA RAY FLASHES;

GAMMA RAYS;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELECTRON; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; MODELING; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPORAL EVOLUTION;

EID: 44349190213     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032922     Document Type: Article

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