Probing Clouds' Roles In Global Electric Circuit

Friday, May 29, 2009 - 14:28 in Physics & Chemistry

A semicontinuous current flow has been measured above electrified clouds. Called the Wilson current, this phenomenon has long been considered a critical component of the global electric circuit; however, only a few studies have directly investigated this current, yielding only a few dozen measurements.

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