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Recent Anomalous Lightning Occurrences in Alaska - the Case of June 2005 -
Murad Ahmed Farukh*, Hiroshi Hayasaka*, and Keiji Kimura**
*Graduate School of Engineering, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, N13, W8, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-8628, Japan
**Graduate School of Information Science and Technology, Hokkaido University, Kita-ku, N14, W9, Sapporo, Hokkaido 060-0814, Japan
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