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Seasonal and global NOx production by lightning estimated from the Optical Transient Detector (OTD) Cover

Seasonal and global NOx production by lightning estimated from the Optical Transient Detector (OTD)

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Language: English
Page range: 1206 - 1215
Submitted on: Jul 13, 1999
Accepted on: Apr 3, 2000
Published on: Jan 1, 2000
Published by: Stockholm University Press
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