Upward Electrical Discharges from Thunderstorm Tops
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AFFILIATIONS: LYONS AND NELSON—FMA Research, Inc., Fort Collins, Colorado; ARMSTRONG—Mission Research Corporation, Nashua, New Hampshire; PASKO—The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania; STANLEY—Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico CORRESPONDING AUTHOR: Walter A. Lyons, CCM, FMA Research, Inc., Yucca Ridge Field Station, 46050 Weld County Road 13, Fort Collins, CO 80524 E-mail: [email protected] DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-84-4-445
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