Field identification of a unique globally dominant mechanism of thunderstorm electrification

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 133, Issue 627, 2007, Pages 1453-1457

  Latham, J ^a,b,d   Petersen, W A ^c   Deierling, W ^a   Christian, H J ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

^d NSSTC ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Charge transfer; Ice; Lightning; Non inductive mechanism; Thunderstorm electrification

Indexed keywords

NON-INDUCTIVE MECHANISM; THUNDERCLOUD CHARGING; THUNDERSTORM ELECTRIFICATION;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CHARGE TRANSFER; CLOUDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ICE; LIGHTNING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

THUNDERSTORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE; ELECTRIFICATION; LIGHTNING; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 35548945258     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.133     Document Type: Article

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