NOTE ON MOUNTAIN-TOP MEASUREMENTS OF ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY IN NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES

1 December 1967

journal article
Published by American Meteorological Society in Monthly Weather Review

Vol. 95 (12) , 912-916
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1967)095<0912:nomtmo>2.3.co;2

Abstract

Atmospheric electric measurements were made during the summer of 1958 from the summit of Mt. Washburn in Yellowstone Park, Wyoming. These measurements included the electric field, the positive and negative electrical conductivities, the charge on individual raindrops, the size and charge of individual cloud droplets, and the corona discharge current from the earth' s surface associated with high electric fields beneath thunderstorms. Electric fields exceeding 600 v.cm.⁻¹ were recorded. Specific results are presented and interpretations made of their significance.

Keywords

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRIC MEASUREMENTS
CHARGE ON INDIVIDUAL
CORONA DISCHARGE
DISCHARGE CURRENT
ELECTRIC FIELDS
MOUNTAIN TOP
TOP MEASUREMENTS

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