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Price, C. (1993). Global surface temperatures and the atmospheric electrical circuit. Geophysical Research Letters 20: doi: 10.1029/93GL01774. issn: 0094-8276. |
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To monitor future global temperature trends, it would be extremely useful if parameters nonlinearly related to surface temperature could be found, thereby amplifying any warming signal that may exist. Evidence that global thunderstorm activity is nonlinearly related to diurnal, seasonal, and interannual temperature variations is presented. Since global thunderstorm activity is also well correlated with the earth's ionospheric potential, it appears that variations of ionospheric potential, that can be measured at a single location, may be able to supply valuable information regarding global surface temperature fluctuations. The observations presented enable a prediction that a 1% (≈3 K) increase in global surface temperatures may result in a 20% (≈50 KV) increase in ionospheric potential. ¿ American Geophysical Union 1993 |
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Keywords
Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Atmospheric electricity, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Lightning, Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Climatology, Atmospheric Composition and Structure, Pressure, density, and temperature |
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Publisher
American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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