Characteristics of infrasound from lightning and sprites near thunderstorm areas

Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics

Volumn 115, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Farges, Thomas ^a   Blanc, Elisabeth ^a  

^a DIF   (France)

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EID: 77954395590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21699402     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2009JA014700     Document Type: Article

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