Thunderstorm characteristics associated with RHESSI identified terrestrial gamma ray flashes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Splitt, M E ^a   Lazarus, S M ^a   Barnes, D ^a   Dwyer, J R ^a   Rassoul, H K ^a   Smith, D M ^b   Hazelton, B ^b   Grefenstette, B ^b  

^a Florida Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

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EID: 77954413753     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014622     Document Type: Article

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