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Atmospheric Εlectricity |
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| Other Titles: |
Electric charges and fields in the lower atmosphere |
| Authors: |
Haldoupis, Christos |
| Reviewer: |
Christakis, Nikolaos |
| Subject: | NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > EARTH SCIENCES NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > EARTH SCIENCES > METEOROLOGY |
| Keywords: |
Amospheric Physics
Solar And Terrestrial Radiation Atmospheric Electricity Atmospheric Thermodynamics Cloud Physics Atmospheric Dynamics |
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| Abstract: |
The electrical phenomena in the atmosphere, along with its electrical properties, play important roles in meteorological and other atmospheric physical processes. The subject of Atmospheric Electricity deals with electromagnetic phenomena, mostly of electrostatic nature, which take place in the lower atmosphere. An example is lightning, one of the most spectacular transient phenomena of nature. The electrical phenomena in the lower atmosphere are due to the presence of electrical charges, electric fields and currents, the strength of which differs dramatically during times of fair and disturbed (bad) weather conditions. These electrical phenomena are poorly understood and remain for long time the subject of active research. The present chapter provides a basic overview on atmospheric electricity.
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| Table of Contents: |
Chapter 6. Atmospheric electricity (26 pages)
6.1. Electrical Charges in the Lower Atmosphere 6.2. Electrical Conductivity of the Atmosphere 6.3. The Atmospheric (Fair Weather) Electric Field 6.4. The Electric Circuit of the Earth-Atmosphere System 6.5. Generation of Electric Charges and Electric Fields Inside the Clouds 6.6. Electrical Discharges in the Atmosphere and Lightning 6.7. The Global Electrical Circuit 6.8. Transient Luminous Events in the Upper Atmosphere 6.8.1. Jets 6.8.2. Sprites 6.8.3. Elves Chapter 6. Problems Chapter 6. Bibliography |
| Technical Editors: |
Gkikopoulos, Nikolaos |
| Type: |
Chapter |
| Creation Date: | 2015 |
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| License: |
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/gr |
| Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/3280 |
| Bibliographic Reference: | Haldoupis, C. (2015). Atmospheric Εlectricity [Chapter]. In Haldoupis, C. 2015. Introduction to Atmospheric Physics [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/3280 |
| Language: |
Greek |
| Is Part of: |
Introduction to Atmospheric Physics |
| Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |