Charge sign reversal in irregular ice particle-graupel collisions

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Avila, Eldo E ^a,b   Saunders, Clive P R ^c   Bax Norman, Holly ^c   Castellano, Nesvit E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CLOUDS; CORRELATION METHODS; CRYSTALS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THUNDERSTORMS;

CHARGE SIGN REVERSAL; COLLISIONS; ICE CRYSTALS; RIMING;

ICE;

COLLISION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ICE CRYSTAL; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 16344363079     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2004GL020761     Document Type: Article

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