Shielding effects of trees on the measurement of the Earth's electric field: Implications for secular variations of the global electrical circuit

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 32, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Williams, Earle ^a   Markson, Ralph ^b   Heckman, Stan ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b Airborne Research Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROSTATICS; FORESTRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE;

GLOBAL ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT; TREE GROWTH;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRIC NETWORK PARAMETERS;

ELECTRIC FIELD; SECULAR VARIATION; VEGETATION;

ATMOSPHERE; CLIMATES; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROSTATICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TREES;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTROSTATIC CALCULATIONS; GLOBAL ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS; HUNGARY; MEASURED FIELD; SECULAR VARIATION; SHIELDING EFFECT; TREE GROWTH;

EID: 28144436722     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2005GL023717     Document Type: Article

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