Statistics and trends of global atmospheric electricity measurements

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dc.contributor.advisorFew, Arthur A., Jr.en_US
dc.creatorCleary, Erika Noelen_US
dc.date.accessioned2009-06-04T00:10:29Zen_US
dc.date.available2009-06-04T00:10:29Zen_US
dc.date.issued1995en_US
dc.description.abstractGlobally representative atmospheric electric field and current data have been obtained from two sites at Amudsen-Scott South Pole Station at ground level (3 m) with 1 Hz time resolution. The average diurnal variation has been calculated for individual months and seasons, and well known features of the Carnegie curve observed. Amplitude ratios for seasonal curves range between 30-43%, in agreement with other studies. The Northern hemisphere winter is found to be a minimum for global convective-electrical activity and summer a maximum, in contradiction to the original 1929 Carnegie results. Seasonal phase shifts observed in previous studies of the diurnal variation of deep convective activity (DCA) in the tropics also appear in the results of this study. Good correlations between low amplitude peaks suggest our data are highly accurate and could be useful in detecting changes in weather patterns as might occur with global warming.en_US
dc.format.extent45 p.en_US
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_US
dc.identifier.callnoTHESIS SP. SCI. 1995 CLEARYen_US
dc.identifier.citationCleary, Erika Noel. "Statistics and trends of global atmospheric electricity measurements." (1995) Master’s Thesis, Rice University. <a href="https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13937">https://hdl.handle.net/1911/13937</a>.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/13937en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsCopyright is held by the author, unless otherwise indicated. Permission to reuse, publish, or reproduce the work beyond the bounds of fair use or other exemptions to copyright law must be obtained from the copyright holder.en_US
dc.subjectAtmospheric sciencesen_US
dc.titleStatistics and trends of global atmospheric electricity measurementsen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.type.materialTexten_US
thesis.degree.departmentSpace Scienceen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineNatural Sciencesen_US
thesis.degree.grantorRice Universityen_US
thesis.degree.levelMastersen_US
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen_US
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