Physical processes during development of lightning flashes

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1393-1409

  Mazur, Vladislav ^a  

^a NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 0038526244     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1631-0705(02)01412-3     Document Type: Review

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