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Modern views on atmospheric electricity
Author(s) -
Whipple F. J. W.
Publication year - 1938
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49706427502
Subject(s) - electricity , atmospheric electricity , snow , meteorology , atmosphere (unit) , electricity demand , environmental science , electricity generation , atmospheric sciences , geography , geology , physics , power (physics) , engineering , electrical engineering , quantum mechanics , electric field
The central theme of the address is the circulation of electricity through the atmosphere. Clouds from which precipitation is falling act as generators of electricity. Recent worli by Sir George Simpson and Mr. F. J. Scrase supports the view that the separation of positive and negative electricity is mainly due to the impact of snow particles in the upper parts of the clouds. The snow particles carry negative electricity downwards and a current of positive electricity flows upwards to the “Heaviside layer” to come down again in distant places where fine weather happens to prevail.