Maximum hurricane intensity preceded by increase in lightning frequency

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 329-332

  Price, Colin ^a   Asfur, Mustafa ^b   Yair, Yoav ^b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

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EID: 67649230046     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo477     Document Type: Article

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