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Electrical Structure Of Thunderstorms

Electrical Structure of Thunderstorms is a theoretical construct in atmospheric physics that characterizes the three-dimensional distribution of electric charge regions and associated electric field configurations within a thunderstorm, distinguishing it from other meteorological electrical phenomena by its specific association with convective cloud dynamics and lightning initiation processes.

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432

Riming Electrification as a Charge Generation Mechanism in Thunderstorms

Tsutomu Takahashi · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1978 · 974 citations

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The electrical nature of storms

Choice Reviews Online · 1998 · 577 citations

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The tripole structure of thunderstorms

Earle Williams · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1989 · 492 citations

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Electrical Phenomena Occurring during the Freezing of Dilute Aqueous Solutions and Their Possible Relationship to Thunderstorm Electricity

E. J. Workman, Steve Reynolds · Physical Review · 1950 · 423 citations

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III. Investigations on lighting discharges and on the electric field of thunderstorms

Charles Thomson Rees Wilson · Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series A Containing Papers of a Mathematical or Physical Character · 1921 · 421 citations · Full text

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  1. WD
    W. David Rust

    NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory, United States

    23 publications · 2.3K citations

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  2. TM
    Thomas Märshall

    University of Mississippi, United States

    23 publications · 1.9K citations

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  3. PR
    P. R. Krehbiel

    New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, United States

    22 publications · 2.3K citations

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  4. DR
    Donald R. MacGorman

    NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory, United States

    16 publications · 1.5K citations

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  5. WR
    W. Rison

    New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, United States

    14 publications · 1.2K citations

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  1. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology

    Socorro, United States

    23 h-index

    60 publications

    5.4K citations

  2. NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory

    Norman, United States

    22 h-index

    55 publications

    3.7K citations

  3. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    17 h-index

    169 publications

    6.8K citations

  4. Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies

    Norman, United States

    17 h-index

    44 publications

    3.4K citations

  5. University of Oklahoma

    Norman, United States

    15 h-index

    38 publications

    2K citations

  6. University of Mississippi

    Oxford, United States

    13 h-index

    26 publications

    1.5K citations

  7. Institute of Atmospheric Physics

    Beijing, China

    12 h-index

    57 publications

    2.6K citations

  8. Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences

    Beijing, China

    11 h-index

    29 publications

    1.2K citations

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  1. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 105 publications · 7.5K citations

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  2. Atmospheric Research

    36 publications · 1.7K citations

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  3. Monthly Weather Review

    24 publications · 1.4K citations

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  4. Geophysical Research Letters

    20 publications · 1.4K citations

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  5. Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

    JGR · 24 publications · 639 citations

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