Electrical conductivity near the Earth's surface: Ion-aerosol model

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 68, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 757-768

  Nagaraja, Kamsali ^a   Prasad, B S N ^a   Srinivas, N ^a   Madhava, M S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MYSORE   (India)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Diurnal variations; Earth's atmosphere; Electrical conductivity; Radioactivity; Simple ion aerosol model

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; ATMOSPHERIC RADIOACTIVITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

DIURNAL VARIATIONS; SIMPLE ION-AEROSOL MODEL;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERE; DIURNAL VARIATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY;

EID: 33645094658     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2005.12.005     Document Type: Article

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