{"product_id":"thunderstorm-generator-currents-and-the-global-electric-circuit-von-baishali-ray","title":"Thunderstorm generator currents and the Global Electric Circuit","description":"\u003cp\u003eData provided from ground based and balloon-borne electric field meters are  combined with three dimensional lightning mapping array (LMA) data, radar  data and lightning charge estimates to model the generator currents in a New  Mexico thunderstorm that occurred on August 7,1999. The model also gives  the storm¿s Wilson current contribution in the global electric circuit. The overall  model includes a simple axisymmetric disk model of storm charge regions  to calculate the in-cloud electric field. We require that after every lightning  flash the generator currents build up enough charge to make the electric field  exceed the runaway breakdown threshold at the initiation altitude of the next  flash observed with the LMA. In particular, the threshold must be exceeded  at the appropriate altitude and time to cause the observed discharge. This  dissertation models the complete life cycle of the August 7 tripolar storm cell  that produced 39 intracloud and cloud to ground flashes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783843324830\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003eEstimation of thunderstorm generator currents and their effect on the Global Electric Circuit\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Autorenwelt Shop","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783843324830","offer_id":39494480134237,"sku":"9783843324830","price":49.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/75a050ee-d450-4ed9-8c33-3ac77cbca09d.jpg?v=1774936302","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/thunderstorm-generator-currents-and-the-global-electric-circuit-von-baishali-ray","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}