Articles | Volume 35, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-35-583-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-35-583-2017
ANGEO Communicates
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24 Apr 2017
ANGEO Communicates |  | 24 Apr 2017

Solar 27-day rotational period detected in wide-area lightning activity in Japan

Hiroko Miyahara, Chika Higuchi, Toshio Terasawa, Ryuho Kataoka, Mitsuteru Sato, and Yukihiro Takahashi

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