A possible new molecular mechanism of thundercloud electrification

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 76, Issue 1-4, 2005, Pages 190-205

  Jungwirth, Pavel ^a   Rosenfeld, Daniel ^b   Buch, Victoria ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ORGANIC CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Ammonium sulfate; Graupel; Ice crystal; Molecular dynamics; Pottasium nitrate; Thundercloud electrification

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRICITY; LIGHTNING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEGATIVE IONS; NITRATES; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

CHARGE SEPARATION MECHANISM; ICE PARTICLES; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; THUNDERCLOUD ELECTRIFICATION;

CLOUDS;

ELECTRIFICATION; ICE CRYSTAL; THUNDERCLOUD;

EID: 23144448306     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2004.11.016     Document Type: Article

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