Terrestrial gamma ray flash production by lightning current pulses

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 12, 2009, Pages

  Carlson, B E ^a   Lehtinen, N G ^a   Inan, U S ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 77952328519     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014531     Document Type: Article

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