The Role of the Global Electric Circuit in Solar and Internal Forcing of Clouds and Climate
Reports of a variety of meteorological responses to short-term changes in the global electric circuit associated with a number of disparate inputs are analyzed. The meteorological responses consist of changes in cloud cover, atmospheric temperature, pressure, or dynamics. All of these are found to be responding to changes in a key linking agent, that of the downward current density, Jz, that flows from the ionosphere through the troposphere to the surface (ocean and land). As it flows through layer clouds, Jz generates space charge in conductivity gradients at the upper and lower boundaries, and this electrical charge is capable of affecting the microphysical interactions between droplets and both ice-forming nuclei and condensation nuclei. These can affect precipitation, cloud cover, temperature, pressure, and climate.
Brian A. Tinsley G. B. Burns Limin Zhou
University of Texas at Dallas Australian Antarctic Division East China Normal University
国际会议
第13届国际大气电学会议(The 13th International Conference on Atmospheric Electricity)
北京
英文
2007-08-13（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）