A wind tunnel investigation of the distortion of polluted water drops in the horizontal electric fields

Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2009, Pages

  Bhalwankar, Rohini V ^a   Kamra, A K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC FIELDS; SURFACE TENSION; TUNNELS; WATER POLLUTION; WIND TUNNELS;

DISTILLED WATER; DROP OSCILLATIONS; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; HORIZONTAL ELECTRIC FIELDS; LIGHTNING ACTIVITY; OBLATENESS; POLLUTED WATER; VERTICAL WIND TUNNEL; WATER DROP;

DROPS;

ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; URBAN AREA; WATER POLLUTION; WIND TUNNEL;

EID: 67650462760     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JD011102     Document Type: Article

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