The Carnegie Curve

Surveys in Geophysics

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 209-232

  Harrison, R Giles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atmospheric electricity; Global circuit; Potential gradient; Universal diurnal variation

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRIC FIELD; DIURNAL VARIATION; ELECTRICITY MEASUREMENTS; GLOBAL CIRCUIT; HARMONIC COEFFICIENTS; MEASUREMENT POSITIONS; POTENTIAL GRADIENTS; SOLSTICES AND EQUINOXES;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; DIURNAL VARIATION; ELECTRIC FIELD; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; SEASONAL VARIATION;

EID: 84874362408     PISSN: 01693298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10712-012-9210-2     Document Type: Review

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