The electricity of extensive layer clouds

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Harrison, G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0693-347X and Nicoll, K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5580-6325 (2022) The electricity of extensive layer clouds. Weather, 77 (11). pp. 379-383. ISSN 0043-1656 doi: 10.1002/wea.4307 (Special Issue: 250th anniversary of Luke Howard)

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Electrostatic effects on clouds were speculated about by Luke Howard, but not directly investigated experimentally until the manned balloon flights of James Glaisher in the mid-nineteenth century. Recent balloon measurements in both hemispheres have investigated the electrical properties of extensive layer clouds, using modified radiosondes. On average, a small amount of charge is found to be associated with the upper and lower cloud boundaries of layer clouds. Whether there are significant consequences for the cloud microphysics continues to be investigated.

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Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/107286
Identification Number/DOI	10.1002/wea.4307
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO)
Publisher	Wiley
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Projects:	More Operational Radiosonde SEnsors (MORSE) Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council (NE/H002081/1 - £135,886) Local Lead (PI): Giles Harrison Project Lead: Richard Giles Harrison 1 June 2010 - 30 April 2012 Understanding energetic particle effects on atmospheric processes Funded by: Natural Environment Research Council (NE/L011514/1 - £440,600) Local Lead (PI): Keri Nicoll 1 September 2014 - 31 August 2019	Click Add to select your project (received at Reading) from an autocomplete list.

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