Enhanced alignment of plate ice crystals in a non-uniform electric field

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 41-53

  Foster, T C ^a   Hallett, J ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrostatic torque; Ice crystal; Orientation; Spatially varying electric field; Uniform electric field

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AGGREGATES; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; COLUMNS (STRUCTURAL); CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD THEORY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GAS DYNAMICS; ICE; LIGHTNING; SNOW; TORQUE;

AERODYNAMIC TORQUES; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRIC FIELD; AVERAGE FIELD; CLOUD ELECTRIFICATION; COLD CHAMBER; CRYSTAL AGGREGATES; CRYSTAL REORIENTATION; ELECTROSTATIC TORQUE; ICE CRYSTAL; ICE CRYSTALS; LIGHTNING INITIATION; LIGHTNING STROKES; LINEAR AGGREGATION; NON UNIFORMITIES; NON-UNIFORM ELECTRIC FIELDS; NON-UNIFORM FIELDS; ORIENTATION; SMALL CRYSTALS; SPATIALLY VARYING ELECTRIC FIELD; THIN PLATES; TWO-STEP PROCESSES; UNIFORM ELECTRIC FIELD; WHITE-LIGHT;

POWDERS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; DIVERGENCE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ICE CRYSTAL; LABORATORY METHOD; LIGHTNING; ORIENTATION; SNOW;

EID: 50249097220     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.02.017     Document Type: Article

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