Observed atmospheric electricity effect on clouds

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Harrison, R Giles ^a   Ambaum, Maarten H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; IONOSPHERE; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

CLOUD DROPLETS; CONDUCTING SURFACES; FAIR WEATHER; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

EID: 67650254209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/4/1/014003     Document Type: Article

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