Tropical convection, ionospheric potentials and global circuit variation

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Apr 1986

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1986natur.320..588m&link_type=abstract

Nature (ISSN 0028-0836), vol. 320, April 17, 1986, p. 588-594.

Computer Science

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Atmospheric Circulation, Atmospheric Electricity, Convection, Electric Field Strength, Equatorial Atmosphere, Ionospheric Conductivity, Atmospheric Models, Cloud Cover, Diurnal Variations, Geoelectricity, Polar Caps, Satellite Imagery, Thunderstorms

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The ionospheric potential (VI), a measure of the earth's overall electric field intensity, correlates with the classic 'Carnegie curve' diurnal variation in electric field caused by the global distribution of thunderstorms. A comparison of VI variation with satellite images of high tropical cloud fields indicates that equatorial thunderstorms over the continents are dominant in maintaining the earth's electric field. VI time series obtained at just one location may provide a high-resolution measure of intense tropical convection.

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