Variations in the near-surface atmospheric electric field at high latitudes and ionospheric potential during geomagnetic perturbations

2012 ◽  
Vol 52 (5) ◽  
pp. 629-638 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. V. Frank-Kamenetskii ◽  
A. L. Kotikov ◽  
A. A. Kruglov ◽  
G. B. Burns ◽  
N. G. Kleimenova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electric Field ◽  
Atmospheric Electric Field ◽  
High Latitudes ◽  
Near Surface ◽  
Geomagnetic Perturbations ◽  
Ionospheric Potential

scholarly journals Atmospheric electric field in the Atlantic marine boundary layer: first results from the SAIL project

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susana Barbosa ◽  
Mauricio Camilo ◽  
Carlos Almeida ◽  
José Almeida ◽  
Guilherme Amaral ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
Marine Boundary Layer ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Cape Verde ◽  
The Other ◽  
Atmospheric Electric Field ◽  
Fair Weather ◽  
Near Surface ◽  
First Results

<p><span>The study of the electrical properties of the atmospheric marine boundary layer is important as the effect of natural radioactivity in driving near surface ionisation is significantly reduced over the ocean, and the concentration of aerosols is also typically lower than over continental areas, allowing a clearer examination of space-atmosphere interactions. Furthermore, cloud cover over the ocean is dominated by low-level clouds and most of the atmospheric charge lies near the earth surface, at low altitude cloud tops. </span></p><p><span>The relevance of electric field observations in the marine boundary layer is enhanced by the the fact that the electrical conductivity of the ocean air is clearly linked to global atmospheric pollution and aerosol content. The increase in aerosol pollution since the original observations made in the early 20th century by the survey ship Carnegie is a pressing and timely motivation for modern measurements of the atmospheric electric field in the marine boundary layer. Project SAIL (Space-Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions in the marine boundary Layer) addresses this challenge by means of an unique monitoring campaign on board the ship-rigged sailing ship NRP Sagres during its 2020 circumnavigation expedition. </span></p><p><span>The Portuguese Navy ship NRP Sagres departed from Lisbon on January 5th in a journey around the globe that will take 371 days. Two identical field mill sensors (CS110, Campbell Scientific) are installed </span><span>o</span><span>n the mizzen mast, one at a height of 22 m, and the other at a height of 5 meters. </span><span>A visibility sensor (SWS050, Biral) was also set-up on the same mast in order to have measurements of the extinction coefficient of the atmosphere and assess fair-weather conditions.</span><span> Further observations include gamma radiation measured with a NaI(Tl) scintillator from 475 keV to 3 MeV, cosmic radiation up to 17 MeV, and atmospheric ionisation from a cluster ion counter (Airel). The</span><span> 1 Hz measurements of the atmospheric electric field</span><span> and from all the other sensors</span><span> are </span><span>linked to the same rigorous temporal reference frame and precise positioning through kinematic GNSS observations. </span></p><p><span>Here the first results of the SAIL project will be presented, focusing on fair-weather electric field over the Atlantic. The observations obtained in the first three sections of the circumnavigation journey, including Lisbon (Portugal) - Tenerife (Spain), from 5 to 10 January, Tenerife - Praia (Cape Verde) from 13 to 19 January, and across the Atlantic from Cape Verde to Rio de Janeiro (Brasil), from January 22nd to February 14th, will be presented and discussed.</span></p>

Variability of the atmospheric electric field in the South Atlantic marine boundary layer from the SAIL campaign

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susana Barbosa ◽  
Mauricio Camilo ◽  
Carlos Almeida ◽  
Guilherme Amaral ◽  
Nuno Dias ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Layer ◽  
Electric Field ◽  
Buenos Aires ◽  
Marine Boundary Layer ◽  
South Atlantic ◽  
Atmospheric Electric Field ◽  
Surface Ionization ◽  
Diurnal Pattern ◽  
The South ◽  
Near Surface

<p>The marine boundary layer offers a unique opportunity to investigate the electrical properties of the atmosphere, as the effect of natural radioactivity in driving near surface ionization is significantly reduced over the ocean, and the concentration of aerosols is also typically lower than over land. This work addresses the temporal variability of the atmospheric electric field in the South Atlantic marine boundary layer based on measurements from the SAIL (Space-Atmosphere-Ocean Interactions in the marine boundary Layer) project. The SAIL monitoring campaign took place on board the Portuguese navy tall ship NRP Sagres during its circumnavigation expedition in 2020.  Two identical field mills (CS110, Campbell Scientific) were installed on the same mast but at different heights (about 5 and 22 meters), recording the atmospheric electric field every 1-second. Hourly averages of the atmospheric electric field are analyzed for the ship’s leg from 3<sup>rd</sup> to 25<sup>th</sup> March, between Buenos Aires (South America) and Cape Town (South Africa). The median daily curve of the electric field has a shape compatible with the Carnegie curve, but significant variability is found in the daily pattern of individual days, with only about 30% of the days exhibiting a diurnal pattern consistent with the Carnegie curve.</p>

scholarly journals Joint Anomalies of High-Frequency Geoacoustic Emission and Atmospheric Electric Field by the Ground–Atmosphere Boundary in a Seismically Active Region (Kamchatka)

Atmosphere ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yury Marapulets ◽  
Oleg Rulenko
Keyword(s):  
Electric Field ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Weather Conditions ◽  
Atmospheric Electric Field ◽  
Near Surface ◽  
Geoacoustic Emission ◽  
Sign Change ◽  
The Common ◽  
Calm Weather ◽  
Short Time

The authors generalize and analyze the investigation results of joint anomalies of high-frequency geoacoustic emission and atmospheric electric field by the ground–atmosphere boundary which were detected by them in Kamchatka. These anomalies are observed as geoacoustic emission increases in kilohertz frequency range and bay-like decreases of atmospheric electric field with the sign change which occur close in time during calm weather conditions. It is the authors’ opinion that the common nature of these anomalies is short-time stretching of the near-surface sedimentary rocks at an observation site during unstable tectono-seismic process. A scheme of the detected anomalies formation has been suggested.

The atmospheric electric field as a source of variability in the ionosphere

1998 ◽  
Vol 168 (5) ◽  
pp. 582 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.A. Pulinets ◽  
V.V. Khegai ◽  
K.A. Boyarchuk ◽  
A.M. Lomonosov
Keyword(s):  
Electric Field ◽  
Atmospheric Electric Field

scholarly journals Modulation of urban atmospheric electric field measurements with the wind direction in Lisbon (Portugal)

2015 ◽  
Vol 646 ◽  
pp. 012013 ◽  
Author(s):  
H G Silva ◽  
J C Matthews ◽  
R Conceição ◽  
M D Wright ◽  
S N Pereira ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Electric Field ◽  
Wind Direction ◽  
Field Measurements ◽  
Atmospheric Electric Field ◽  
Electric Field Measurements

Variations of the electric field and current in the near-surface atmosphere during magnetic storms

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Svetlana A. Riabova ◽  
Yaroslav O. Romanovsky ◽  
Alexander A. Spivak
Keyword(s):  
Electric Field ◽  
Magnetic Storms ◽  
Near Surface ◽  
Surface Atmosphere
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