Factors affecting the electrification of wind-driven dust studied with laboratory simulations

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 328-335

  Merrison, J P ^a   Gunnlaugsson, H P ^a   Hogg, M R ^a   Jensen, M ^a   Lykke, J M ^a   Madsen, M Bo ^b   Nielsen, M B ^a   Nornberg P ^a   Ottosen, T A ^a   Pedersen, R T ^a   Pedersen, S ^a   Sorensen A V ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Dust; Electrification; Mars; Wind

Indexed keywords

DUST ENTRAINMENT; ELECTRIFICATION; GRAIN SIZE; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LABORATORY SIMULATION; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERES; SUSPENDED PARTICLES; WIND-BLOWN DUST; WORK SUPPORT;

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERICS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC UTILITIES; GRAIN SIZE AND SHAPE; MINERALOGY; MINERALS; WIND;

DUST;

EID: 84855687578     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2011.10.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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