Precipitation Modification by Ionization.

Autor:	Harrison RG; Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6BB, United Kingdom., Nicoll KA; Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6BB, United Kingdom.; Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University of Bath, Bath, BA2 7AY, United Kingdom., Ambaum MHP; Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6BB, United Kingdom., Marlton GJ; Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6BB, United Kingdom., Aplin KL; Department of Aerospace Engineering, University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TR, United Kingdom., Lockwood M; Department of Meteorology, University of Reading, Reading, RG6 6BB, United Kingdom.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Physical review letters [Phys Rev Lett] 2020 May 15; Vol. 124 (19), pp. 198701.
DOI:	10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.198701
Abstrakt:	Rainfall is hypothesized to be influenced by droplet charge, which is related to the global circuit current flowing through clouds. This is tested through examining a major global circuit current increase following the release of artificial radioactivity. Significant changes occurred in daily rainfall distribution in the Shetland Islands, away from pollution. Daily rainfall changed by 24%, and local clouds optically thickened, within the nuclear weapons test period. This supports expectations of electrically induced microphysical changes in liquid water clouds from additional ionization.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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