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Global circuit response to seasonal variations in global surface air temperatureComparisons 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.
Document ID
19950038729
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Williams, Earle R.
(Massachusetts Inst. of Tech., Cambridge, MA United States)
Date Acquired
August 16, 2013
Publication Date
August 1, 1994
Publication Information
Publication: Monthly Weather Review
Volume: 122
Issue: 8
ISSN: 0027-0644
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
95A70328
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG8-935
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-90-22038
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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