Electrical signature in polar night cloud base variations

Environmental Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Harrison, R Giles ^a   Ambaum, Maarten H P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

atmospheric electricity; cloud physics; cosmic rays; space weather

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; COSMIC RAYS; METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY);

CLOUD PHYSICS; ELECTRICAL SIGNATURES; FAIR-WEATHER ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; METEOROLOGICAL MEASUREMENTS; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; SOUTHERN OSCILLATION; SPACE WEATHER; SURFACE METEOROLOGICAL DATA;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; COSMIC RAY; DIURNAL VARIATION; EL NINO; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; POLAR METEOROLOGY; POLAR REGION; WEATHER STATION;

ANTARCTICA; EAST ANTARCTICA; FINLAND; HALLEY STATION; LAPPI [FINLAND]; SODANKYLA;

EID: 84876162820     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17489326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/8/1/015027     Document Type: Article

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