Laser-triggered lightning discharge

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 4, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Khan, Nasrullah ^a   Mariun, Norman ^a   Aris, Ishak ^a   Yeak, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

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EID: 3042644531     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/4/1/361     Document Type: Article

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