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The Effect of Artificially Produced Space Charge on the Electrification of Clouds

Bradley, Wayne E.; Semonin, Richard G.

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Title
The Effect of Artificially Produced Space Charge on the Electrification of Clouds
Author(s)
  • Bradley, Wayne E.
  • Semonin, Richard G.
Issue Date
1967
Keyword(s)
  • precipitation formation
  • electrical charge
Date of Ingest
2014-10-27T17:59:37Z
Abstract
An investigation was made of the influence of an artificially produced space charge on the lower atmosphere and on the formation of precipitation. Examples are given of the perturbations in the atmospheric potential gradient and space charge resulting from the corona discharge of 45 kilometers (km) of high voltage line. It was shown that approximately 17 percent of the cumulus clouds that passed over the 130 km2 charge source became electrified. During the 1962 season of operation there was a higher frequency of first echoes but less precipitation in the plume of charge area downwind of the wire than in the area surrounding the wire. The statistical significance of the results of the precipitation study is low, but the data indicate that there was not a marked increase in the precipitation immediately downwind of the artificial charge source.
Publisher
Illinois State Water Survey
Series/Report Name or Number
ISWS Contract Report CR 083
Type of Resource
text
Genre of Resource
Technical Report
Language
en
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