Publication Date:
2006-01-12
Description:
The hypothesis that world thunderstorm activity represents the generator for the atmospheric electric current flow in the earth atmosphere between ground and the ionosphere is based on a close correlation between the magnitude and the diurnal variation of the supply current (thunderstorm generator current) and the load current (fair weather air-earth current density integrated over the earth surface). The advantages of using lightning survey satellites to furnish a base for accepting or rejecting the thunderstorm generator hypothesis are discussed.
Keywords:
GEOPHYSICS
Type:
NASA. Marshall Space Flight Center Proc.: Workshop on the Need for Lightning Observations from Space; p 136-147
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