Monthly diurnal global atmospheric circuit estimates derived from Vostok electric field measurements adjusted for local meteorological and solar wind influences

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 2061-2082

  Burns, G B ^a,b   Tinsley, B A ^c   Frank Kamenetsky, A V ^d   Troshichev, O A ^d   French, W J R ^a   Klekociuk, A R ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN ANTARCTIC DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^d ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Atmospheric electricity

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ELECTRIC FIELD MEASUREMENT; IONOSPHERE; IONOSPHERIC MEASUREMENT; METEOROLOGY; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; SOLAR WIND; TIMING CIRCUITS; WIND;

GROUND POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; IONOSPHERIC POTENTIAL; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTHERN HEMISPHERES; POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; VERTICAL ELECTRIC FIELDS;

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

AIR TEMPERATURE; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CORRELATION; DIURNAL VARIATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; MAGNETOPAUSE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SOLAR WIND; WIND VELOCITY;

EID: 84864851793     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: 15200469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS-D-11-0212.1     Document Type: Article

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