First RHESSI terrestrial gamma ray flash catalog

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Grefenstette, B W ^a   Smith, D M ^a   Hazelton, B J ^a   Lopez, L I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 66149183014     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JA013721     Document Type: Article

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