Positrons observed to originate from thunderstorms

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Volumn 92, Issue 22, 2011, Pages 185-186

  Fishman, Gerald J ^a  

^a NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIFICATION; ELECTRON; LIGHTNING; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 79959831180     PISSN: 00963941     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2011EO220001     Document Type: Article

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