A new model of charge transfer during ice-ice collisions

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1293-1303

  Baker, Marcia ^a   Nelson, Jon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b Nelson Scientific   (Japan)

Author keywords

Charge transfer; Electrification; Ice surface; Thunderstorms

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038323322     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1631-0705(02)01408-1     Document Type: Article

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