ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY PROGRAM FLAGSTAFF, ARIZONA. PART III.

Abstract

The three components of the electric field have been measured in flights past a series of isolated thunderstorms and electrically-active cumulus clouds. Many of the clouds studied have field patterns that appear similar to those that would be experienced if the cloud were a point charge. If the cloud is assumed to be a point charge in these flights, then the magnitude and polarity of the charge can be calculated. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0669590

Entities

People

  • William C. Barr

Organizations

  • United States Army Communications-Electronics Command

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Atmospheric Electricity
  • Biological Phenomena
  • Clouds
  • Cumulus Clouds
  • Ecological And Environmental Phenomena
  • Ecological And Environmental Processes
  • Electric Discharges
  • Electric Fields
  • Electricity
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electron Emission
  • Emission
  • Lightning
  • Meteorological Phenomena
  • Polarity

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science
  • Physics

Readers

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  • Electrical Engineering
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