Astronomers use space particles to measure electrical field in thunderstorms
Thursday, April 30, 2015 - 08:00
in Astronomy & Space
(Phys.org)—A very large team of European astronomers has found that they were able to measure the degree of electrical activity in thunderstorms using information derived by collisions of space particles with Earth's atmosphere. In their paper published in Physical Review Letters, the researchers describe how they used data obtained over a several year period from an observatory to calculate thunderstorm voltage activity.