Precipitation charge and size measurements inside a New Mexico mountain thunderstorm

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 104, Issue D8, 1999, Pages 9643-9653

  Bateman, Monte G ^a,d,e   Marshall, Thomas C ^b   Stolzenburg, Maribeth ^b   Rust, W David ^c  

^a NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Inst Global Change Res and Educ   (United States)

^e Global Hydrology and Climate Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BALLOON OBSERVATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; PARTICLE SIZE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 0033608915     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/1998JD200118     Document Type: Article

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