RESEARCH OF AN ELECTRIC COMPONENT OF MIDDLE-LATITUDE REGION CLIMATE
Rubrics: ORIGINAL ARTICLES
Authors:
1.
Borok Geophysical Observatory, Schmidt United Institute of Physics of the Earth, Borok, Russia
2.
Borok Geophysical Observatory, Schmidt United Institute of Physics of the Earth, Borok, Russia
Type:
Article
Pages:
from 1
to 7
Status:
Published
Received:
25.12.2009
Accepted:
25.12.2009
Published:
25.12.2009
Language:
English
Keywords:
atmospheric eelctricity, time series, factor analysis, dispersion, main components, duirnal variation
Abstract (English):
The analysis of time series of vertical components of atmospheric electric field Ez and the basic meteoparameters registered on a middle-latitude geophysical observatory "Borok" was made with the help of a method of the principal components. Significant correlation of variations Ez with changes of humidity, temperature, and speed of a wind were detected. Aeroelectric field in surface atmosphere layer has the expressed daily and seasonal variations reflecting climatic features of a middle-latitude region. It was shown that Ez contribution to the general dispersion of dynamics of surface atmosphere layer is significant and for separate time intervals is comparable with the contribution to the general variability of meteoparameters humidity, temperature and speed of a wind, registered in a surface layer of atmosphere. The completed estimations allow to consider that atmospheric electric field is an essential climatic component of a middle-latitude region.
The analysis of time series of vertical components of atmospheric electric field Ez and the basic meteoparameters registered on a middle-latitude geophysical observatory "Borok" was made with the help of a method of the principal components. Significant correlation of variations Ez with changes of humidity, temperature, and speed of a wind were detected. Aeroelectric field in surface atmosphere layer has the expressed daily and seasonal variations reflecting climatic features of a middle-latitude region. It was shown that Ez contribution to the general dispersion of dynamics of surface atmosphere layer is significant and for separate time intervals is comparable with the contribution to the general variability of meteoparameters humidity, temperature and speed of a wind, registered in a surface layer of atmosphere. The completed estimations allow to consider that atmospheric electric field is an essential climatic component of a middle-latitude region.
Keywords:
atmospheric eelctricity, time series, factor analysis, dispersion, main components, duirnal variation
atmospheric eelctricity, time series, factor analysis, dispersion, main components, duirnal variation
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