Variation of Lightning over the Bulgarian Black Sea Coast

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Issue		EPJ Web Conf. Volume 365, 2026 BPU12 Congress – 12^th General Conferences of the Balkan Physical Union


Article Number		04005
Number of page(s)		8
Section		Environmental and Solar Physics, Meteorology and Geophysics
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202636504005
Published online		15 April 2026

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