Analysis of the atmospheric electric circuit using the finite element method

IEEE Latin America Transactions

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 223-229

  Nogueira, Antônio Flavio Licarião ^a  

^a SANTA CATARINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Electric field; Finite element methods; Ionosphere; Terrestrial atmosphere

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL PREDICTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRIC CIRCUIT; AXISYMMETRIC; CONDUCTIVITY; EARTH'S SURFACE; EARTH-IONOSPHERE CAVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; ELECTROSTATIC MODELS; FINITE ELEMENT; FINITE ELEMENT TECHNIQUES; GLOBAL CIRCUIT; GOOD CORRELATIONS; LOWER ATMOSPHERE; LOWER IONOSPHERE; NUMERICAL CALCULATION; SOURCES OF ENERGY; SPACE CHARGES; TERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL INFORMATION; VERTICAL ELECTRIC FIELDS;

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; SPHERES; THERMOELECTRICITY;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS;

EID: 77957893417     PISSN: 15480992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TLA.2009.5256833     Document Type: Conference Paper

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