A model study of corona emission from hydrometeors

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 557, 1999, Pages 1681-1693

  Schroeder, Vicki ^a   Baker, M B ^b   Latham, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cloud physics; Lightning

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; FORMATION MECHANISM; LIGHTNING;

EID: 0032693773     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/smsqj.55709     Document Type: Article

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