Spectral dependence of terrestrial gamma-ray flashes on source distance

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Hazelton, B J ^a,g   Grefenstette, B W ^a,g   Smith, D M ^a,g   Dwyer, J R ^b   Shao, X M ^c   Cummer, S A ^d   Chronis, T ^e   Lay, E H ^f   Holzworth, R H ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

^b Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Duke University   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; GAMMA RAYS; STARS; STORMS;

BEAM SOURCES; HIGH-ENERGY PHOTONS; LIGHTNING LOCATIONS; RUNAWAY BREAKDOWNS; SPECTRAL DEPENDENCES; TERRESTRIAL GAMMA-RAY FLASHES; WIDE BEAMS;

LIGHTNING;

GAMMA RAY RADIATION; LIGHTNING; SPECTRUM; STORM;

EID: 62749107136     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL035906     Document Type: Article

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