Time dependent charging of layer clouds in the global electric circuit

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 828-842

  Zhou, Limin ^a,b   Tinsley, Brian A ^b  

^a East China Normal University   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Clouds; Electrical charging; Global circuit

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; COSMIC RAYS; COSMOLOGY; DROPS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; ELECTRIC NETWORK PARAMETERS; ELECTRIC SPACE CHARGE; IONOSPHERE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SOLAR ENERGY; TIMING CIRCUITS;

AEROSOL CONCENTRATION; CLOUD CONDENSATION NUCLEI; DEEP CONVECTIVE CLOUDS; DROPLET SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; ELECTRICAL CHARGING; GLOBAL CIRCUIT; GLOBAL ELECTRIC CIRCUIT; PRECIPITATION PROCESS;

PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

EID: 84864278719     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2011.12.018     Document Type: Article

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