Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics

, Volume 47, Issue 2–4, pp 201–203 | Cite as

Layer cloud electrification by an electrochemical mechanism

  • V. N. R. Mukku
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Summary

The electrical structure of layer clouds is examined applying the electrochemical mechanism of Wåhlin (1977). The iondroplet interaction at various levels of cloud height occurring due to this mechanism seems to be a possible explanation for the unipolar to multipolar structures observed in the layer clouds. Our computations suggest that the observed magnitudes of the electric fields in the layer clouds can be generated by this mechanism.

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Climate Change Waste Water Water Management Water Pollution Layer Cloud 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • V. N. R. Mukku
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  1. 1.Indian Institute of Tropical MeteorologyPuneIndia

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