Numerical study for production of space charge within the stratiform cloud

Journal of Earth System Science

Volumn 119, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 627-638

  Srivastava, K A ^a   Tripathi, S N ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Attachment coefficient; Electric field; Space charge; Stratiform cloud

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRON DENSITY; IONIZATION; NONLINEARITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PARAMETERIZATION; STRATIFORM CLOUD; SYMMETRY;

EID: 78149453348     PISSN: 02534126     EISSN: 02534126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12040-010-0053-2     Document Type: Article

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