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01 Jan 2004
Urban effect on the characteristics of cloud-to-groundlightning over Belo Horizonte-Brazil
I. R. C. A. Pinto
National Institute of Space Research - INPE, Av. Astronautas 1758–Jd. Da Granja, Sao Jose dos Campos–Sao Paulo, 12227-010, Brazil
O. Pinto Jr.
National Institute of Space Research - INPE, Av. Astronautas 1758–Jd. Da Granja, Sao Jose dos Campos–Sao Paulo, 12227-010, Brazil
M. A. S. S. Gomes
National Institute of Space Research - INPE, Av. Astronautas 1758–Jd. Da Granja, Sao Jose dos Campos–Sao Paulo, 12227-010, Brazil
N. J. Ferreira
National Institute of Space Research - INPE, Av. Astronautas 1758–Jd. Da Granja, Sao Jose dos Campos–Sao Paulo, 12227-010, Brazil
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