TOGA COARE: Oceanic lightning

Monthly Weather Review

Volumn 124, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2077-2082

  Lucas, Christopher ^a   Orville, Richard E ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0345236395     PISSN: 00270644     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0493(1996)124<2077:TCOL>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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