Terrestrial gamma ray flash production by active lightning leader channels

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Carlson, B E ^a   Lehtinen, N G ^a   Inan, U S ^a,b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

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EID: 78149323811     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA015647     Document Type: Article

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