A laboratory study of the effects of rime ice accretion and heating on charge transfer during ice crystal/graupel collisions

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 99-117

  Saunders, C P R ^a   Avila, E E ^b   Peck, S L ^a   Castellano, N E ^b   Aguirre Varela, G G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Accretion; Graupel; Hailstones; Lightning; Riming; Thunderstorm charging

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRIFICATION; ICE CRYSTAL; LIGHTNING; RIME; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 0032861744     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-8095(99)00023-X     Document Type: Article

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