Study of the geoelectric fields at Vostok, Antarctica

• Main Author: Corney, Rita(Rita C-Lin)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Electric fields; Geophysics; Geomagnetism; Antarctic; Polar Plateau; Vostok Station; Antarc*; Antarctica
• Online Access: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/19141/; https://eprints.utas.edu.au/19141/1/whole_CorneyRita2002_thesis.pdf

In fair weather regions, a downward directed geoelectric field of ~ 100 — 200 Vm-1 can be measured at the surface of the Earth. At high latitudes, the interaction of the solar wind and interplanetary magnetic field with the Earth's magnetosphere and ionosphere imposes a variable dawn-to-dusk po...