Stratiform cloud electrification: comparison of theory with multiple in-cloud measurements
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Stratiform cloud electrification: comparison of theory with multiple in-cloud measurements
Stratiform clouds constitute ∼40% of global cloud cover and play a key role in determining the planetary radiation budget. Electrification remains one of the least understood effects on their microphysical processes. Droplet charging at the top and bottom edges of stratiform clouds arises from vertical current flow through clouds driven by the Global atmospheric Electric Circuit. In-cloud charg...
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عنوان ژورنال: Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society
سال: 2016
ISSN: 0035-9009
DOI: 10.1002/qj.2858