Acomparison of different source location methods forELFtransients by using the parent lightning discharges with known positions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Nakamura, T ^a   Sekiguchi, M ^a   Hobara, Y ^a   Hayakawa, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

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EID: 77954387954     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014992     Document Type: Article

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