Evidence for global circuit current flow through water droplet layers

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1219-1221

  Bennett, A J ^a   Harrison, R G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Air earth current; Atmospheric electricity; Conduction current density

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDUCTIVITIES; ATMOSPHERIC WATER; CLEAR AIR; CONDUCTION CURRENT DENSITY; CONDUCTIVITY GRADIENT; CURRENT FLOWS; DROPLET BOUNDARY; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GLOBAL ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT; GLOBAL CIRCUIT; NEW INSTRUMENT; VERTICAL CONDUCTION CURRENT; VERTICAL CURRENT; WATER DROPLETS;

AIR CLEANERS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; DROP FORMATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FOG; GEOPHYSICS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 67650685817     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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