Connecting the terrestrial gamma-ray flash source strength and observed fluence distributions

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Carlson, B E ^a   Gjesteland, T ^a   Ostgaard N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

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EID: 84856292026     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA017122     Document Type: Article

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