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Balloon measurement of vertical and horizontal atmospheric electric fields
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Vertical and horizontal atmospheric electric fields measurements at balloon altitudes, considering magnetospheric processes effect and potential differences were performed by as mentioned in this paper, where the authors considered the effect of magnetic processes on the magnetosphere.Abstract:
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The screening of micropulsation signals by the atmosphere and ionosphere
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TL;DR: In this paper, the screening effect of the atmosphere and ionosphere which lets only part of a micropulsation signal reach the ground was studied, and it was shown that at night the ionosphere reflects much less of the incident energy.
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High-latitude electric fields and the three-dimensional interaction between the interplanetary and terrestrial magnetic fields
TL;DR: More than 200 hours of ionospheric electric field measurements taken on balloons flown from three polar cap sites have been analyzed to determine average properties of the large-scale polar cap electric field and its dependencies on the interplanetary magnetic field as mentioned in this paper.
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A quasi-static model of global atmospheric electricity 1. The lower atmosphere
P. B. Hays,R. G. Roble +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, a quasi-steady model of global lower atmospheric electricity is presented, which considers thunderstorms as dipole electric generators that can be randomly distributed in various regions and that are the only source of atmospheric electricity and includes the effects of orography and electrical coupling along geomagnetic field lines in the ionosphere and magnetosphere.
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Solar modulation of atmospheric electrification and possible implications for the Sun–weather relationship
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Origin and effects of electric fields during isolated magnetospheric substorms
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Magnetospheric electric field measurements with balloons
F. S. Mozer,R. Serlin +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, it was shown theoretically and experimentally that horizontal upper atmospheric electric fields are generally equal to one-second, several hundred kilometer averages of the horizontal ionospheric electric field.
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Distribution electrical conduction currents in the vicinity of thunderstorms
Robert E. Holzer,David S. Saxon +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a simple bipolar thunderstorm model was proposed for estimating the electrical conduction currents in the vicinity of the storm, and the model showed that the separate measurements on electrical structure of thunderstorms, atmospheric conductivity, and upward conduction current from storms are mutually consistent within the limits of uncertainty of the measurements.
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Universal diurnal variations in air‐Earth current density
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Source of atmospheric electrification
TL;DR: In this paper, the basic physical process providing the required electromotive force for maintenance of the earth's atmospheric environment electrical structure is indicated to center in thermally driven tidal motions in the lower ionosphere, with locally observed structure, such as the fair-weather electric field, thunderstorms, lightning discharges, aurora, airglow, electrojets, and radiation belts, playing supporting roles.
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