The global atmospheric electric circuit, solar activity and climate change

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 17-18, 2000, Pages 1563-1576

  Rycroft, M J ^a   Israelsson, S ^b   Price, C ^c  

^a INTERNATIONAL SPACE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Atmospheric electricity; Climate change; Global circuit; Lightning

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLIMATE CHANGE; LIGHTNING; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 0034483361     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1364-6826(00)00112-7     Document Type: Article

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