THE EFFECTS OF HIGH LIQUID WATER-CONTENT ON THUNDERSTORM CHARGING

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SAUNDERS, CPR
BROOKS, IM
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10.1029/92JD01186
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P4 [大气科学(气象学)];
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0706 ; 070601 ;
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Charge transfer to a riming graupel target during interactions with ice crystals has been investigated in the laboratory. When liquid water contents sufficiently high to cause wet growth are achieved, the charge transfer falls to values which are insignificant to thunderstorm electrification. The implications of this null result to a recent analysis of thunderstorm-charging processes by Williams et al. (1991) are discussed
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