First results on terrestrial gamma ray flashes from the Fermi Gamma-ray Burst Monitor

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Briggs, M S ^a   Fishman, G J ^b   Connaughton, V ^a   Bhat, P N ^a   Paciesas, W S ^a,c   Preece, R D ^a,c   Wilson Hodge, C ^b   Chaplin, V L ^a   Kippen, R M ^d   Von Kienlin, A ^e   Meegan, C A ^f   Bissaldi, E ^e   Dwyer, J R ^g   Smith, D M ^h   Holzworth, R H ⁱ   Grove, J E ^j   Chekhtman, A ^j,k  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^d LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^g FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^j NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^k GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77955410526     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA015242     Document Type: Article

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