Atmospheric Conduction Current: Observations with a New Method of Measurements.

Abstract

A new device has been developed for measuring the atmospheric conduction current. This small portable instrument has a sensitivity of .2pA/m2 and a range of 5 pA/m2. 13 weeks of data aquired by this instrument are analyzed and several effects have been observed: (1) diurnal changes, (2) seasonal trends (3) sunrise effects, (4) fog effects (anticipates visible fog formation and disappearance, (5) low cloud reversals, (6) thundercloud reversals, and (7) post-rain reversals. The data indicates that the theory of global charge balance should be re-examined. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 22, 1975
Accession Number
ADA032451

Entities

People

  • Hsiao-hua Kuo Burke

Organizations

  • Rice University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Amplifiers
  • Atmospheric Electricity
  • Charge Density
  • Clouds
  • Cosmic Rays
  • Electric Current
  • Electric Fields
  • Electricity
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Measurement
  • Meteorology
  • Rain
  • Space Charge
  • Telluric Currents
  • Time Intervals
  • Transition Temperature
  • Voltage

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Plasma Physics.