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This review contains the most significant results of Russian studies in the field of atmospheric electricity in 2011–2014. It is part of the Russian National Report on Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences to the International Association of Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (IAMAS). The report was presented and approved at the XXVI General Assembly of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG).1 The review is followed by a list of the main published works on the studies of atmospheric electricity of Russian scientists in 2011–2014.
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Original Russian Text © E.A. Mareev, V.N. Stasenko, A.A. Bulatov, S.O. Dement’eva, A.A. Evtushenko, N.V. Il’in, F.A. Kuterin, N.N. Slyunyaev, M.V. Shatalina, 2016, published in Izvestiya AN. Fizika Atmosfery i Okeana, 2016, Vol. 52, No. 2, pp. 175–186.
Russian National Report/Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences. 2011–2014/Eds.: I.I. Mokhov, A.A. Krivolutsky. National Geophysical Committee RAS. Moscow: Max Press, 2015. 270 p.
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Mareev, E.A., Stasenko, V.N., Bulatov, A.A. et al. Russian studies of atmospheric electricity in 2011–2014. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 52, 154–164 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433816020080
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