A study of charge structure sensitivity in simulated thunderstorms

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 91, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 299-309

  Mitzeva, Rumjana ^a   Tsenova, Boryana ^b   Albrecht, Rachel ^c   Petersen, Walt ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOFIA   (Bulgaria)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF METEOROLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (Bulgaria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Non inductive charge transfer; Numerical cloud models; Thunderstorm electrification

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CLOUDS; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; ION EXCHANGE; MASS TRANSFER; MODEL STRUCTURES; PARAMETERIZATION; STORMS; THUNDERSTORMS;

CHARGE STRUCTURES; DIFFERENT DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRICAL CHARGING; LABORATORY STUDIES; MICROPHYSICAL PROCESSES; NON-INDUCTIVE CHARGE TRANSFER; NUMERICAL CLOUD MODELS; PARAMETERISATION; REALISTIC SIMULATIONS; THUNDERSTORM ELECTRIFICATION;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRIFICATION; LIGHTNING; NUMERICAL MODEL; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; PARAMETERIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THUNDERSTORM;

EID: 58149471822     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.05.014     Document Type: Article

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