THE DEVELOPMENT OF AN ELECTRIC FIELD METER TO MEASURE SMALL VARIATIONS IN THE EARTH'S FIELD,

Abstract

A laboratory model electric field meter has been designed and constructed to determine the feasibility of measuring small variations in the earth's electric field. As a result of the tests performed with this instrument, a larger field meter of similar design but with increased sensitivity has been placed in operation. This meter will detect changes in the earth's electric field of 78 millivolts /meter. A theoretical investigation of the response of the earth's electric field to a distant electrical impulse has been performed. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0628369

Entities

People

  • H. D. Browning
  • R. S. Snyder

Organizations

  • University of Virginia

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Buildings And Structures
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Sensitivity

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Geodesy
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics