Could cloud-to-cloud discharges be as effective as cloud-to-ground discharges in producing NOx?

Tellus, Series B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 641-651

  Gallardo, Laura ^a   Cooray, Vernon ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOUD TO CLOUD DISCHARGE; CLOUD TO GROUND DISCHARGE; LIGHTNING; NITROGEN OXIDES;

EID: 0030362610     PISSN: 02806509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/tellusb.v48i5.15937     Document Type: Article

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