Geolocation of terrestrial gamma-ray flash source lightning

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Cohen, M B ^a,d   Inan, U S ^a,b   Said, R K ^a   Gjestland, T ^c  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^d Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERICS; GAMMA RAYS; TRACKING (POSITION);

GEOLOCATIONS; LIGHTNING ACTIVITY; LIGHTNING DISCHARGE; LIGHTNING LOCATION; MULTIPLE-PEAK; RADIO ATMOSPHERICS; SOURCE LOCATION; TERRESTRIAL GAMMA-RAY FLASHES;

LIGHTNING;

EID: 77953600052     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009GL041753     Document Type: Article

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