Anomalous diurnal variation of atmospheric potential gradient and air-Earth current density observed at Maitri, Antarctica

• Main Authors: Jeeva, K., Gurubaran, S., Williams, E.R., Kamara, A.K., Sinha, Ashwini K., Guha, A., Selvaraj, C., Nair, K.U., Dhar, Ajay
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: Atmospheric potential gradient; Air-Earth current density; Maitri; Antarctica; Antarctic; Polar Plateau; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://14.139.123.141:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/1090

The scope of this paper is to explore the mechanisms operating over Maitri (70.76°S, 11.74°E, 117m above mean sea level), a coastal Antarctic station, that produce an anomalous fair-weather diurnal pattern of the atmospheric electric potential gradient (PG) and air-Earth current density (AEC). The a...