The origin of the electric charge on rain

✍ Scribed by J. Alan Chalmers

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1951
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 586 KB
• Volume: 77
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0035-9009
• DOI: 10.1002/qj.49707733210

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The charges on rain, as measured by Simpson and by Hutchinson and Chalmers, during periods when point discharge occurs, can be accounted for quantitatively on reasonable assumptions in terms of the process of ion capture. The results show that the separation of charge must operate at levels down to about 800 m, and the consequences of this are discussed in relation to theories of the process of separation of charge.