Accession Number:

AD0653006

Title:

THE D-REGION FAIR-WEATHER ELECTRIC FIELD,

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES LAB WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE N MEX

Personal Author(s):

• Webb,Willis L.
• Bolen,Max C.

Report Date:

1967-04-01

Pagination or Media Count:

26.0

Abstract:

Motion of a slightly ionized medium such as the earths lower ionosphere through a magnetic field such as the earths permanent magnetic field will result in systematic separation of electrical charges. This charge separation will result in development of an opposing electric field which will balance, in the average case, the force produced by the interaction of the motion and the magnetic field. The D-region fair-weather electric field is defined as the equilibrium field produced by the mean circulation. Asymmetries between the earths geomagnetic and rotational axes and the structure of the stratospheric circulation are considered in determining global and annual structures of the D-region fair-weather electric field. Author

Descriptors:

• (*ELECTRIC FIELDS
• *UPPER ATMOSPHERE)
• MAGNETIC FIELDS
• ELECTROMAGNETISM
• MESOSPHERE
• SOLAR RADIATION
• ATMOSPHERE MODELS
• DIURNAL VARIATIONS
• IONOSPHERE
• ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY
• MAGNETOHYDRODYNAMICS
• ATMOSPHERIC MOTION
• STRATOSPHERE

Subject Categories:

• Atmospheric Physics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE