Articles | Volume 14, issue 16
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-8599-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-14-8599-2014
Research article
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25 Aug 2014
Research article |  | 25 Aug 2014

On the role of clouds in the fair weather part of the global electric circuit

A. J. G. Baumgaertner, G. M. Lucas, J. P. Thayer, and S. A. Mallios

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