High energy photon and electron bursts associated with upward lightning strokes

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Yoshida, Satoru ^a   Morimoto, T ^a   Ushio, T ^a   Kawasaki, Z I ^a   Torii, T ^b   Wang, D ^c   Takagi, N ^c   Watanabe, T ^c  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; ELECTRONS; LIGHT EMISSION; LIGHTNING; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTONS; SCINTILLATION; SCINTILLATION COUNTERS; TURBULENT FLOW;

COUNT RATES; FIELD CAMPAIGNS; HIGH ENERGIES; LIGHTNING DISCHARGES; PLASTIC SCINTILLATORS; RADIATION BURSTS; UPWARD LIGHTNINGS; WINTER THUNDERSTORMS;

HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS;

ELECTRON DENSITY; LIGHTNING; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 58049114648     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL032438     Document Type: Article

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