Projected Changes in NOx Emissions from Lightning as a Result of 2000–2050 Climate Change

Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 284-289

  Hui, Jiang ^a,b   Hong, Liao ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

climate change; lightning; NOx

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; EMISSION; LIGHTNING; NITROGEN OXIDES; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY);

CHINA;

EID: 84978893587     PISSN: 16742834     EISSN: 23766123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3878/j.issn.1674-2834.13.0042     Document Type: Article

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