Diurnal variation of surface currents at a tropical station

Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-82

  Kulkarni, M N ^a   Pawar, S D ^a   Murugavel, P ^a   Gopalakrishnan, V ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL METEOROLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Atmospheric electricity; Convection current; Fair weather electricity; Ohm's law

Indexed keywords

CONVECTION CURRENTS; FAIR WEATHER; FAIR WEATHER ELECTRICITY; OHM'S LAW;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT; TRANSPIRATION;

ELECTRIC GENERATORS;

EID: 72049120124     PISSN: 13646826     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2009.10.010     Document Type: Article

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