Radio signals from electron beams in terrestrial gamma ray flashes

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 118, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 2313-2320

  Connaughton, Valerie ^a,b   Briggs, Michael S ^a,b   Xiong, Shaolin ^a   Dwyer, Joseph R ^c   Hutchins, Michael L ^d   Grove, J Eric ^e   Chekhtman, Alexandre ^f   Tierney, Dave ^g   Fitzpatrick, Gerard ^g   Foley, Suzanne ^g   McBreen, Shelia ^g   Bhat, P N ^a   Chaplin, Vandiver L ^a   Cramer, Eric ^c   Fishman, Gerald J ^h   Holzworth, Robert H ^d   Gibby, Melissa ^h   Von Kienlin, Andreas ⁱ   Meegan, Charles A ^j   Paciesas, William S ^j   Preece, Robert D ^a,b   Wilson Hodge, Colleen ^k   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^e NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^f GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^h JACOBS ENGINEERING   (United States)

ⁱ MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

^j UNIVERSITIES SPACE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION   (United States)

^k NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

more..

Author keywords

Fermi GBM; gamma ray; lightning; radio; WWLLN

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879922037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2012JA018288     Document Type: Article

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