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... In the hail stage we add thermoelectric and interface charging (mechanisms 7 and 8~. Recent laboratory studies of charge transfer involving ice particles rebounding from simulated hailstones in the process of riming have shown that interface charging is the dominant mechanism.
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... . Electrification produced by the rupture of large water drops in an electric field, Q
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Key Terms

  • rain stage
  • cloud stage
  • electric field
  • hail stage
  • charge separation

  • ice particles
  • electric fields
  • charge transfer
  • interface charging
  • ion capture

  • contact potential
  • precipitation theories
  • water drops
  • atmospheric electricity
  • cloud droplets

  • cloud electrification
  • charging mechanisms
  • freezing potentials
  • cloud drops
  • surface potential

  • selective ion
  • charge centers
  • rime structure
  • hail stages
  • electrical processes

  • electrical properties
  • supercooled water


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