The relationship between variations of the atmospheric electric field in the southern polar region and thunderstorm activity

• Published in: Advances in Space Research
• Main Authors: Troshichev, O.A., Frank-Kamenetsky, A., Burns, G., Fuellekrug, M., Rodger, A., Morozov, V.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: Elsevier 2004
• Subjects: Meteorology and Climatology; Earth Sciences; Atmospheric Sciences; Antarctic; Vostok Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/12484/; http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0273117704001577

Observations of the atmospheric, near-surface vertical electric field component E-z have been carried out at the Russian-Antarctic station, Vostok, since 1998 under the framework of a cooperative Russian-Australian project. Only data satisfying "fair weather" conditions are selected for th...