The true fluence distribution of terrestrial gamma flashes at satellite altitude

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Ostgaard N ^a   Gjesteland, T ^a   Hansen, R S ^a   Collier, A B ^b,c   Carlson, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b SOUTH AFRICAN NATIONAL SPACE AGENCY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

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EID: 84858246247     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011JA017365     Document Type: Article

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