Physics
Scientific paper
Sep 1991
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991jatp...53..831r&link_type=abstract
Journal of Atmospheric and Terrestrial Physics (ISSN 0021-9169), vol. 53, Sept. 1991, p. 831-847.
Physics
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Atmospheric Electricity, Atmospheric Models, Atmospheric Physics, Circuits, Electric Fields, Telluric Currents, Gas-Ion Interactions, Rotating Generators, Solar Terrestrial Interactions, Thunderstorms, Winds Aloft
Scientific paper
The progress made in recent years in modeling the various upper- and lower-atmosphere generators in the earth's global electric circuit and their mutual interactions is reviewed. The strides made in modeling various component processes that affect the distributions of electric fields and currents are also examined. Global models that have considered only quasi-static dipolar current generators in a global circuit have been useful in defining the very general properties of the circuit but are lacking in describing many of the physical processes. The need is argued to continue the development of these global models by incorporating many of the known physical processes, which have been studied independently, into a unified model to determine their global impacts and the electrical couplings between various atmospheric regions. The important need for a strong observational program to establish the present-day electrical structure of the atmosphere is also pointed out.
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