NOx from lightning 2. Constraints from the global atmospheric electric circuit

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 102, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 5943-5951

  Price, Colin ^a,c   Penner, Joyce ^a,d   Prather, Michael ^b  

^a LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMSITRY; ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT; LIGHTNING; NITROGEN OXIDES; TROPOSPHERE;

EID: 0031468506     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/96jd02551     Document Type: Article

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