Laboratory studies of the effect of cloud conditions on graupel/crystal charge transfer in thunderstorm electrification

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 132, Issue 621, 2006, Pages 2653-2673

  Saunders, Clive P R ^a   Bax Norman, H ^a   Emersic, C ^a   Avila, E E ^b   Castellano, N E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CÓRDOBA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Cloud supersaturation; Ice crystal growth; Thunderstorm charging

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CLOUDS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; LIGHTNING; SUPERSATURATION;

GRAUPEL/CRYSTAL CHARGE TRANSFER; SUPERCOOLED WATER DROPLETS; THUNDERSTORM ELECTRIFICATION; VAPOUR-GROWN ICE CRYSTALS;

THUNDERSTORMS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUD; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ICE CRYSTAL; LABORATORY METHOD; LIGHTNING; SUPERSATURATION; THUNDERSTORM; WATER CONTENT;

EID: 33846875809     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1256/qj.05.218     Document Type: Article

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