Comment on "Current budget of the atmospheric electric global circuit" by H. W. Kasemir

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

Volumn 101, Issue D12, 1996, Pages 17029-17031

  Williams, Earle R ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

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EID: 3543062077     PISSN: 2169897X     EISSN: 21698996     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/95JD02204     Document Type: Note

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