Model study on production and transport of lightning-produced NOx in a EULINOX supercell storm

Journal of Geophysical Research D: Atmospheres

Volumn 109, Issue 9, 2004, Pages

  Fehr, Thorsten ^a   Höller, Hartmut ^a   Huntreiser, Heidi ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lightning; NOx; Thunderstorms

Indexed keywords

CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; NITROGEN OXIDES; NUMERICAL MODEL; SUPERCELL; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 3342965107     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2003JD003935     Document Type: Article

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