A quasi-static model of global atmospheric electricity. II - Electrical coupling between the upper and lower atmosphere

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Dec 1979

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1979jgr....84.7247r&link_type=abstract

Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 84, Dec. 1, 1979, p. 7247-7256.

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Atmospheric Electricity, Atmospheric Models, Lower Atmosphere, Upper Atmosphere, Altitude, Auroras, Electrical Resistivity, Forbush Decreases, Magnetic Effects, Orography, Polar Cap Absorption, Solar Flares, Thunderstorms

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The paper presents a model of global atmospheric electricity used to examine the effect of upper atmospheric generators on the global electrical circuit. The model represents thunderstorms as dipole current generators randomly distributed in areas of known thunderstorm frequency; the electrical conductivity in the model increases with altitude, and electrical effects are coupled with a passive magnetosphere along geomagnetic field lines. The large horizontal-scale potential differences at ionospheric heights map downward into the lower atmosphere where the perturbations in the ground electric field are superimposed on the diurnal variation. Finally, changes in the upper atmospheric conductivity due to solar flares, polar cap absorptions, and Forbush decreases are shown to alter the downward mapping of the high-latitude potential pattern and the global distribution of fields and currents.

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