NOx production by lightning over the continental United States

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D21, 2001, Pages 27701-27710

  Bond, Donald W ^a   Zhang, Renyi ^a   Tie, Xuexi ^b   Brasseur, Guy ^b,c   Huffines, Gary ^d   Orville, Richard E ^a   Boccippio, Dennis J ^e  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR METEOROLOGY   (Germany)

^d AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHTNING; NITROGEN OXIDES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035655785     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2000JD000191     Document Type: Article

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