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Lightning Danger Indexing in the Changing Climate Cover

Lightning Danger Indexing in the Changing Climate

Quaestiones Geographicae
Volume 44 (2025): Issue 3 (September 2025)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.14746/quageo-2025-0029 | Journal eISSN: 2081-6383 | Journal ISSN: 2082-2103
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Language: English
Page range: 95 - 109
Submitted on: Oct 3, 2025
Published on: Aug 7, 2025
Published by: Adam Mickiewicz University
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 times per year
Keywords:
lightning,
thunderstorm,
severe weather risk,
climate change,
Poland
Related subjects:
Geosciences,
Geography

© 2025 Rafał Iwański, Agnieszka Wypych, published by Adam Mickiewicz University
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