Effects of dead time losses on terrestrial gamma ray flash measurements with the Burst and Transient Source Experiment

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2010, Pages

  Gjesteland, T ^a   Ostgaard N ^a   Connell, P H ^b   Stadsnes, J ^a   Fishman, G J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 77952360306     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014578     Document Type: Article

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