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Evidence for solar wind modulation of lightning
Description: The response of lightning rates over Europe to arrival of high speed solar wind streams at Earth is investigated using a superposed epoch analysis. Fast solar wind stream arrival is determined from modulation of the solar wind V y component, measured by the Advanced Composition Explorer spacecraft. Lightning rate changes around these event times are determined from the very low frequency arrival time difference (ATD) system of the UK Met Office. [Source: Environmental Research Letters]
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/5/055004
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Source: Environmental Research Letters
Publish Date: 5/15/2014
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