Ball lightning and other meteorological phenomena

Physics Report

Volumn 293, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 2-60

  Turner, D J ^a  

^a Condensation Physics ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Ball lightning; Hydration thermodynamics; Meteorological chemistry; Vapour phase electrochemistry

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031638478     PISSN: 03701573     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0370-1573(97)00043-4     Document Type: Article

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