A wind tunnel investigation of the deformation of water drops in the vertical and horizontal electric fields

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Bhalwankar, R V ^a   Kamra, A K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROP FORMATION; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; PHOTOGRAPHY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; WIND TUNNELS;

DEFORMATION; DROPLET; ELECTRIC FIELD; OSCILLATION; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 34547606829     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2006JD007863     Document Type: Article

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