Articles | Volume 36, issue 2
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-633-2018
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-633-2018
ANGEO Communicates
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18 Apr 2018
ANGEO Communicates |  | 18 Apr 2018

Solar rotational cycle in lightning activity in Japan during the 18–19th centuries

Hiroko Miyahara, Ryuho Kataoka, Takehiko Mikami, Masumi Zaiki, Junpei Hirano, Minoru Yoshimura, Yasuyuki Aono, and Kiyomi Iwahashi

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