Electrostatic force in blowing snow

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 29-45

  Schmidt, D S ^a   Schmidt, R A ^b   Dent, J D ^a  

^a Montana State University   (United States)

^b USDA ARS Rocky Mountain Research Station Laramie   (United States)

Author keywords

Blowing snow; Charge to mass; Drifting snow; Electric field; Electrostatic charge; Saltation

Indexed keywords

SNOW;

EID: 0033395051     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002045818907     Document Type: Article

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