Consistent dust electrification from Arabian Gulf sea breezes

The Arabian Gulf region experiences regular thermally driven sea breeze circulations which occur all year round, penetrating hundreds of kilometres inland. As a sea breeze front moves inland, substantial electric fields are generated by separation of charged desert dust. In the first surface electri...

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Main Authors: Keri Nicoll, Giles Harrison, Graeme Marlton, Martin Airey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2020-01-01
Series:Environmental Research Letters
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab9e20