Characteristics of broadband lightning emissions associated with terrestrial gamma ray flashes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Lu, Gaopeng ^a   Cummer, Steven A ^a   Li, Jingbo ^a   Han, Feng ^a   Smith, David M ^b   Grefenstette, Brian W ^c  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA CRUZ   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 79953010779     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2010JA016141     Document Type: Article

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