Lightning generation in planetary atmospheres

Icarus

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1983, Pages 80-115

  Levin, Zev ^a   Borucki, William J ^a   Toon, Owen B ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 0002036504     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0019-1035(83)90129-X     Document Type: Article

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