PROCEEDINGS ON THE CONFERENCE ON ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY HELD AT WENTWORTH-BY-THE-SEA, PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, MAY 19-21, 1954

Abstract

1. The present status of atmosheric electricity. 2. Synoptical Researches on Atmosheric Electricity. 3. Study of the variation of potential Gradient with altitude and correlated meterological conditions. 4. Aircraft investigation of the large-ion content and conductivity of the atmosphere. 5. Conductivity measurements in the stratosphere. 6.On the variation of electrical conductivity of air with elevation. 7. Atmosheric electricity associated with jet streams. 8. Diurnal variations in atmospheric radioactivity.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1955
Accession Number
AD0084477

Entities

People

  • C. G. Stergis
  • E. S. Cotton
  • Gerhard F. Schilling
  • H. Israel
  • L. Koenigsfeld
  • Rita Callahan-sagalyn
  • Vincent J. Schaefer
  • W. F. Swann

Organizations

  • Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Aircrafts
  • Cosmic Rays
  • Electric Charge
  • Electric Current
  • Electrical Properties
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Gamma Rays
  • Heat Energy
  • Ionization
  • Ionization Chambers
  • Latent Heat
  • Measurement
  • Measuring Instruments
  • Meteorology
  • Quantum Yields
  • Transitions
  • Voltage

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.

Technology Areas

  • Space
  • Space - Hall-Effect Thruster