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Science 28 February 1964:
Vol. 143. no. 3609, pp. 948 - 950
DOI: 10.1126/science.143.3609.948
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Radio Observation of the Electromagnetic Emission from Warm Clouds

J. Doyne Sartor 1

1 National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado

Microdischarges observable at 30 and 50 Mcy/sec appear from within cumulus clouds in an early stage of their development whether the temperatures within the clouds are above or below 0°C. Laboratory observations of radio emission from colliding drops may provide information on the physics of clouds in the atmospheres of this and other planets.


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