AIRCRAFT ELECTROSTATIC MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTATION AND OBSERVATIONS OF CLOUD ELECTRIFICATION.
Abstract
Four electric-field meters were installed on a C-130A aircraft to provide measurements of three components of the cloud electrostatic field vector and the aircraft charge. An analog computer allowed real-time display and recording of these components. This system was used to study electrical charge production in convective clouds as an aid to the understanding of lightning charge centers. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 28, 1962
- Accession Number
- AD0281878
Entities
People
- D. R. Fitzgerald
- H. R. Byers
Organizations
- University of Chicago