Correlated lightning mapping array and radar observations of the initial stages of three sequentially triggered Florida lightning discharges
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2169-897X
DOI: 10.1002/jgrd.50660