Charge separation in updraft of convective regions of thunderstorm

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Burgesser R E ^a,b   Pereyra, R G ^a,b   Avila, E E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SEPARATION; TEMPERATURE; THUNDERSTORMS; VELOCITY;

CHARGE SEPARATION; ICE-CRYSTAL GRAUPEL INTERACTIONS; LIQUID WATER CONTENT; THUNDERSTORMS CONVECTIVE REGIONS;

METEOROLOGY;

ATMOSPHERIC CONVECTION; ICE CRYSTAL; THUNDERSTORM; UPDRAFT;

EID: 33645834556     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023993     Document Type: Article

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