Gradual increase of energetic radiation associated with thunderstorm activity at the top of Mt. Fuji

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 13, 2009, Pages

  Torii, Tatsuo ^d   Sugita, Takeshi ^b   Tanabe, Sachiko ^c   Kimura, Yoshihisa ^a   Kamogawa, Masashi ^a   Yajima, Kazuaki ^e   Yasuda, Hiroshi ^e  

^a TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Science and System Laboratory Inc   (Japan)

^c Laboratory Equipment Corporation   (Japan)

^d JAPAN ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS ENERGY; ENERGETIC ELECTRON; ENERGETIC RADIATION; HIGH ENERGY GAMMA RAYS; LIGHTNING DISCHARGE; MT. FUJI; THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; MULTIPHOTON PROCESSES; SPECTROSCOPY; THUNDERSTORMS;

GAMMA RAYS;

ELECTRON; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; LIGHTNING; MOUNTAIN; THUNDERCLOUD; THUNDERSTORM;

ASIA; CHUBU; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; MOUNT FUJI;

EID: 70349241707     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008GL037105     Document Type: Article

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