Quantification of the troposphere-to-ionosphere charge transfer in a gigantic jet

Nature Geoscience

Volumn 2, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 617-620

  Cummer, Steven A ^a   Li, Jingbo ^a   Han, Feng ^a   Lu, Gaopeng ^a   Jaugey, Nicolas ^a   Lyons, Walter A ^b   Nelson, Thomas E ^b  

^a Duke University   (United States)

^b FMA Research Incorporated   (United States)

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EID: 70149116571     PISSN: 17520894     EISSN: 17520908     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ngeo607     Document Type: Article

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