Atmospheric electricity: an underappreciated meteorological element governing biology and human well-being
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DOI: 10.1007/s00484-020-02054-0
Abstract: Atmospheric electricity has been studied since the early 1700s. Fueled by an interest in lightning, scientists aimed to unravel whether thunderclouds contained electricity in both the laboratory (Wall 1708) and in the atmosphere (Franklin 1751;… read more here.
Keywords: atmospheric electricity; research; biology human; electricity ... See more keywords
Atmospheric Electricity at the Ice Giants
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DOI: 10.1007/s11214-020-00647-0
Abstract: Lightning was detected by Voyager 2 at Uranus and Neptune, and weaker electrical processes also occur throughout planetary atmospheres from galactic cosmic ray (GCR) ionisation. Lightning is an indicator of convection, whereas electrical processes away… read more here.
Keywords: ice giants; atmospheric electricity; electricity ice; chemistry ... See more keywords