Electricity in Volcanic Clouds

• Published in: Science
• Main Authors: Anderson, Robert, Gathman, Stuart, Hughes, James, Björnsson, Sveinbjörn, Jónasson, Sigurgeir, Blanchard, Duncan C., Moore, Charles B., Survilas, Henry J., Vonnegut, Bernard
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 1965
• Subjects: Surtsey; Iceland
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.148.3674.1179; https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.148.3674.1179

In November of 1963 an oceanic volcano produced an island, Surtsey, just off the southern coast of Iceland. The volcanic crater was often flooded with sea water. Vigorous eruptions of steam and tephra were accompanied by an enhancement of the normal fine-weather potential gradient, and lightning was...