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https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-35-1195-2017
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
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ANGEO Communicates
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03 Nov 2017
ANGEO Communicates |
| 03 Nov 2017
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Searching for the 27-day solar rotational cycle in lightning events recorded in old diaries in Kyoto from the 17th to 18th century
Hiroko Miyahara
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Humanities and Sciences/Museum Carriers, Musashino Art University, 1-736
Ogawa-cho, Kodaira, Tokyo 187-8505, Japan
Yasuyuki Aono
Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture
University, 1-1 Gakuen-cho, Naka-ku, Sakai, Osaka 599-8531, Japan
Ryuho Kataoka
National Institute of Polar Research, 10-3 Midori-cho,
Tachikawa, Tokyo 190-8518, Japan
Department of Polar Science, School of Multidisciplinary Sciences,
SOKENDAI, 10-3 Midori-cho, Tachikawa, Tokyo 190-8518, Japan
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