Global circuit response to seasonal variations in global surface air temperature

Journal Article · Mon Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1994 · Monthly Weather Review

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0493(1994)122<1917:GCRTSV>2.0.CO;2· OSTI ID:53396

Williams, E R ^[1]

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1. Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge, MA (United States)

Comparisons are made between the seasonal behavior of the global electrical circuit and the surface air temperature for the Tropics and for the globe. Positive correlations between global circuit parameters and temperature are identified on both semiannual and annual timescales. Lightning is the global circuit quantity found most responsive to temperature, with a sensitivity of the order of 10% per 1 C. These findings lend further validity to the use of global circuit measurements as a diagnostic for global change.

• Research Organization: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Huntsville, AL (United States). George C. Marshall Space Flight Center
• OSTI ID: 53396
• Journal Information: Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 122, Issue 8; Other Information: PBD: Aug 1994
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
LIGHTNING
ANNUAL VARIATIONS
TROPICAL REGIONS
METEOROLOGY
IONOSPHERE