On the propagation of streamers through a large population of neutral droplets |
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| Authors: | E O Oladiran |
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| Institution: | (1) Department of Physics, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria |
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| Abstract: | Streamers were injected into a large population of small droplets, of radii about 20  m, confined to a given region of pre-determined shape on a photographic film, and situated in a gap between which a variable electric field can be applied. Results showed that the droplet region behaves like a dipole discharging from both ends if its inclination to the electric field is less than 45° and the field is not less than –230 kV/m at atmospheric pressure.We deduced that streamer intensification will occur at relatively low fields if there exists pockets of large number density of small droplets. |
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| Keywords: | Atmospheric electricity Neutral droplets Tropical meteorology |
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