CHARGED PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENTS BEFORE THE 1ST LIGHTNING FLASH IN A THUNDERSTORM

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作者
MARSH, SJ [1 ]
MARSHALL, TC [1 ]
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[1] UNIV MISSISSIPPI, DEPT PHYS & ASTRON, UNIVERSITY, MS 38677 USA
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10.1029/93JD00419
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P4 [大气科学(气象学)];
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0706 ; 070601 ;
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On August 15, 1984, we made balloon measurements of the electric field and of the charge and vertical-velocity of precipitation particles in a thunderstorm over Langmuir Laboratory. Substantial quantities of positively charged precipitation, comprising a lower positive charge center, were collected before the storm's first lightning flash. Possible origins of the positive charge are discussed. Negatively charged precipitation and positively charged cloud particles found higher in the cloud seem to have generated electrical energy in the way suggested in the typical precipitation theory of thunderstorm electrification.
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