Monte Carlo simulation of runaway MeV electron breakdown with application to red sprites and terrestrial gamma ray flashes
- 1 November 1999
- journal article
- Published by American Geophysical Union (AGU) in Journal of Geophysical Research
- Vol. 104 (A11) , 24699-24712
- https://doi.org/10.1029/1999ja900335
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