Spectral irradiance measurements of simulated lightning in planetary atmospheres

Icarus

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 336-344

  Borucki, W J ^a   McKay, C P ^a   Jebens, D ^b   Lakkaraju, H S ^c   Vanajakshi, C T ^d  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Soane Technologies Inc   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Sterling Software   (United States)

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EID: 0030268401     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/icar.1996.0162     Document Type: Article

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