On the influence of electrostatic charging on coagulation of dust and ice particles in the upper mesosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1095-1098

  Reid, George C ^a,b  

^a NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; CLOUDS; COAGULATION; DUST; ELECTRIC CHARGE; ELECTROSTATICS; ICE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); UPPER ATMOSPHERE; CHARGED PARTICLES; IONOSPHERE; POSITIVE IONS;

CHARGE BALANCE; ELECTROSTATIC CHARGING; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; COAGULATION;

ABLATION; COAGULATION; DUST PARTICLE; ELECTROSTATIC CHARGING; ICE PARTICLE; MESOSPHERE;

CONDENSATION NUCLEI; ELECTRICAL CHARGING; ELECTROSTATIC CHARGING; ELECTROSTATIC REPULSION; ENERGETIC PARTICLES; LOCALIZED ELECTRONS; NEGATIVELY CHARGED; QUANTITATIVE ESTIMATES;

EID: 0031136181     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/97GL00922     Document Type: Article

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