A perturbation of DC electric field caused by light ion adhesion to aerosols during the growth in seismic-related atmospheric radioactivity

Natural Hazards and Earth System Science

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 155-163

  Sorokin, V M ^a   Yaschenko, A K ^a   Hayakawa, M ^b  

^a PUSHKOV INSTITUTE OF TERRESTRIAL MAGNETISM   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ELECTRO COMMUNICATIONS   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; AEROSOL; ALTITUDE; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; IONIZATION; IONOSPHERE; LIGHT; PERTURBATION; RADIOACTIVITY; SEISMIC ZONE;

EID: 33846655657     PISSN: 15618633     EISSN: 16849981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/nhess-7-155-2007     Document Type: Review

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