The electric field during blowing snow events

Boundary-Layer Meteorology

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 97-115

  Gordon, Mark ^a   Taylor, Peter A ^a  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blowing snow; Drifting snow; Electric field; Electrostatic charge; Snow

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROSTATICS; IMPACT STRENGTH; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); WIND EFFECTS;

BLOWING SNOW; CANADIAN ARCTIC; DRIFTING SNOW; ELECTRIC FIELD STRENGTHS; ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE; INDUCED TEMPERATURES; PARTICLE MOTIONS; PARTICLE NUMBER DENSITIES; WIND SPEEDS;

ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT;

BLOWING SNOW; ELECTRIC FIELD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 58049202106     PISSN: 00068314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10546-008-9333-7     Document Type: Article

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