Serial soundings of electric field through a mesoscale convective system

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 106, Issue D12, 2001, Pages 12371-12380

  Stolzenburg, Maribeth ^a   Marshall, Thomas C ^a   Rust, W David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

^b NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; ELECTRIC FIELD; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; STRATIFORM CLOUD;

EID: 0034914593     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2001JD900074     Document Type: Article

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