A theoretical study of electrical coupling between the troposphere, ionosphere, and magnetosphere. Technical report
Description
Electrical coupling between the earth's lower atmosphere and the ionosphere is investigated theoretically as a three-dimensional boundary value problem. The author develops theories for mapping dc and ultra-low-frequency (ulf) electric fields in model atmospheres with conductivities generally increasing with altitude. The effects of the geomagnetic field are taken into account above about 70 km altitude. As boundary conditions, the author assumes a perfectly conducting earth and perfectly conducting geomagnetic field lines above 150 km altitude. These theories are then applied to two coupling problems: (1) upward mapping of thundercloud electric fields to the ionosphere and magnetosphere, and (2) downward mapping of ionospheric electric fields to the lower atmosphere
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Additional titles
- Augmented title (English)
- Mapping of thundercloud electric fields
Publishing Information
- Imprint Pagination
- 214 p.
- Report number
- PB--243445
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- United States
- INIS RN
- 7272866
- Subject category
- S58: GEOSCIENCES;
- Descriptors DEI
- BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COUPLING; EARTH MAGNETOSPHERE; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GEOMAGNETIC FIELD; HZ RANGE; IONOSPHERE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; TROPOSPHERE
- Descriptors DEC
- EARTH ATMOSPHERE; FREQUENCY RANGE; MAGNETIC FIELDS
Optional Information
- Notes
- Available from NTIS. $7.25.
- Secondary number(s)
- SU-SEL--74-051.