Modeling the electric structures of two thunderstorms and their contributions to the global circuit

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 91, Issue 2-4, 2009, Pages 165-177

  Davydenko, Stanislav S ^a   Marshall, Thomas C ^b   Stolzenburg, Maribeth ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Electrostatic energy; Generator current; Global electric circuit; Screening layer; Wilson current

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC GENERATORS; ELECTRIC LINES; ELECTROSTATIC GENERATORS; ELECTROSTATICS; IONOSPHERE; LANDFORMS; MODEL STRUCTURES; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); STORMS; THUNDERSTORMS;

CHARGE LAYERS; CHARGE SEPARATION PROCESSES; ELECTRIC SOURCES; ELECTRIC STRUCTURES; ELECTRICAL ENERGIES; ELECTRICAL STRUCTURES; ELECTROSTATIC ENERGY; EXTERNAL CURRENTS; GENERATOR CURRENT; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; GLOBAL CIRCUITS; GLOBAL ELECTRIC CIRCUIT; HORIZONTAL LAYERS; LIFE-TIMES; MODEL FINDINGS; NEW MEXICO; SOURCE PARAMETERS; WILSON CURRENT;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

ATMOSPHERIC DYNAMICS; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ESTIMATION METHOD; IONOSPHERE; THUNDERSTORM;

GREAT PLAINS; NEW MEXICO; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 58149277471     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2008.08.006     Document Type: Article

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