Water Drop Freezing: Ejection of Microdroplets
- 25 December 1970
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 170 (3965) , 1395-1396
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.170.3965.1395
Abstract
The ejection of microdroplets from the surface of a freezing supercooled water drop has been observed and photographed. The fragmentation of a freezing drop in the forms of splintering, shattering, or bursting has been known for some time. This newly observed phenomenon of the ejection of numerous microdroplets, the duration of their ejection, and the electrical properties of these droplets suggest a possible mechanism of charge generation in thunderstorms.Keywords
This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Freezing and shattering of supercooled water dropsQuarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 1968
- The Influence of Environmental Parameters on the Freezing and Fragmentation of Suspended Water DropsJournal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 1968
- The fragmentation and electrification of freezing water dropsQuarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, 1960