Laboratory investigation of positive streamer discharges from simulated ice hydrometeors

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 132, Issue 615, 2006, Pages 263-273

  Petersen, Danyal ^a   Bailey, Matthew ^a   Hallett, John ^a   Beasley, William H ^b  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Electric field; Electrical corona; Ice crystal; Lightning initiation

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ICE; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

ICE CRYSTALS; POSITIVE STREAMER DISCHARGES; PRECIPITATION CRYSTALS; VAPOUR DIFFUSION;

METEOROLOGY;

ICE CRYSTAL;

EID: 33645536820     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.05.32     Document Type: Article

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