THE GLOBAL ELECTRIC-CIRCUIT

Authors
BREING EA FEW AA BENBROOK JR
Citation
Ea. Breing et al., THE GLOBAL ELECTRIC-CIRCUIT, Physics today, 51(10), 1998, pp. 24-30
Citations number
15
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physics today → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319228
Volume
51
Issue
10
Year of publication
1998
Pages
24 - 30
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9228(1998)51:10<24:>2.0.ZU;2-0
Abstract
An electric current totaling one kiloamp worldwide flows from thunders torms in the troposphere into the ionosphere and magnetosphere, eventu ally returning to the ground through the fair-weather atmosphere and c losing via lightning.