A Laboratory Study into the Charging of Ice in Thunderstorms

Abstract

In the laboratory, the interactions of ice crystals with rime coated targets provides a simulation of the charging of graupel pellets in thunderstorms. The experimental techniques used in previous studies have come under criticism and this study examines the importance of the precise conditions used in the laboratory measurements.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA359460

Entities

People

  • Clive Saunders

Organizations

  • University of Manchester

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Carbon Dioxide
  • Charge Transfer
  • Cloud Chambers
  • Collisions
  • Data Sets
  • Electric Fields
  • Heat Energy
  • High Density
  • Latent Heat
  • Measurement
  • Scattering
  • Simulations
  • Surface Temperature
  • Thunderstorms
  • Vapors
  • Water Vapor

Readers

  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Plasma Physics.
  • Polar and Arctic Studies