Publication Date:
2004-12-03
Description:
In recent years, atmospheric conductivity and electric field measurements over thunderstorms have been made at 20 km with a high altitude aircraft. After compensating for the effects of aircraft charging induced by external electric fields no significant variations in ambient conductivity above thunderstorms have been found. These Gerdien results contrast strongly with the large (and frequent) conductivity variations reported in studies using relaxation probe techniques.
Keywords:
Meteorology and Climatology
Type:
11th International Conference on Atmospheric Electricity; 646-649; NASA/CP-1999-209261
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