Instrumentation for the surface measurements of atmospheric electrical parameters at Maitri, Antarctica: first results

• Main Authors: Panneerselvam, C., Kumar, C.P. Anil, Dhar, Ajay, Nair, K.U., Selvaraj, C., Gurubaran, S., Pathan, B.M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2010
• Subjects: Maitri; Antarctica; Atmospheric electrical parameters; Atmospheric electricity; GEC; Global electric circuit; Displacement current; Conduction current; Electric field; Maxwell current; Fairweather day; Austral; Indian; Fairweather; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://14.139.123.141:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/574

We are operating atmospheric electrical instruments like long wire antenna, electric field meter, wire antenna and passive antenna for atmospheric Maxwell current, electric field, conduction current and atmospheric potential gradient. This year (December 2008) we have installed Electric Field Meter...