Articles | Volume 17, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-1319-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-17-1319-2017
Research article
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08 Aug 2017
Research article |  | 08 Aug 2017

Spatiotemporal variability of lightning activity in Europe and the relation to the North Atlantic Oscillation teleconnection pattern

David Piper and Michael Kunz

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