electrical phenomena in the atmosphere
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Atmospheric electricity The phenomena of atmospheric electricity are of three kinds. There is the electrical phenomena of thunderstorms and there are the phenomena of continual electrification in the air, and the phenomena of the polar Aurora constitute a third branch of the subject.
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Geomagnetic Storm Slams Earth Causing Radio Signal Blackouts and Possible Auroras Spaceweather.com reports there was a “moderately strong blackout of shortwave and low-frequency radio signals over North America,” and that the Earth’s poles were experiencing a deeper blackout. A blackout map from NOAA shows the reach of the blackouts. Radio distruptions aren’t the only way the storm could impact Earth.
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Space weather Aurora australis observed by Discovery, May 1991. Space weather is a branch of space physics and aeronomy concerned with the time varying conditions within the Solar System, including the solar wind, emphasizing the space surrounding the Earth, including conditions in the magnetosphere, ionosphere and thermosphere.
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- Created by lightning, ‘whistlers’ travel along Earth's magnetic field lines from hemisphere to hemisphere. Jupiter’s charged particles ‘sing’ across its magnetosphere (recorded by Voyager). And the University of Iowa’ Injun 3 (NASA Explorer program) recorded chorus waves from electrons spiraling down from Earth’s Van Allen radiation belts. 'Whistling' Volcanic Lightning Heard Halfway Around the World.
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Atmosphere of Jupiter The Jovian atmosphere shows a wide range of active phenomena, including band instabilities, vortices (cyclones and anticyclones), storms and lightning. The vortices reveal themselves as large red, white or brown spots (ovals). The largest two spots are the Great Red Spot (GRS) and Oval BA, which is also red.
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- (The ionosphere is the electrically-charged sphere surrounding Earth's upper atmosphere. It ranges between about 40- to 600 miles above Earth's surface.). Put simply, the apparatus for HAARP is a reversal of a radio telescope; antennas send out signals instead of receiving.
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How Auroras Work Auroras are indicators of the connection between the Earth and the sun. The frequency of auroras correlates to the frequency of solar activity and the sun's 11-year cycle of activity. As the process of fusion occurs inside the sun, it spews high-energy particles (ions, electrons, protons, neutrinos) and radiation in the solar wind. When the sun's activity is high, you'll also see large eruptions called solar flares and coronal mass ejections.
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Ionosphere The ionosphere is a layer of the earth's atmosphere that is weakly ionized, and thus conducts electricity . It is located approximately in the same region as the top half of the mesosphere and the entire thermosphere in the upper atmosphere, from about 40 mi (60 km), continuing upward to the magnetosphere.
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- This situation sets the scene for the onset of convection - the bulk flow or circulation of a fluid driven by differences in temperature. Convection in the atmosphere plays a vital role in two further mechanisms - quite apart from the emission of longwave radiation - whereby energy is transferred from the Earth's surface to the atmosphere. The first is the transfer of 'thermal' energy (often referred to rather loosely as 'heat') by a combination of conduction and convection.
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Electricity Electricity is not a human invention, and may be observed in several forms in nature, a prominent manifestation of which is lightning. Many interactions familiar at the macroscopic level, such as touch, friction or chemical bonding, are due to interactions between electric fields on the atomic scale.
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- Lightning is a large electrical discharge caused by a thundercloud. It can occur within a cloud as intracloud lightning, between clouds as intercloud lightning, or between the cloud and the earth as cloud-to-ground lightning. A lightning discharge consists of pulses of electric current carried by electrons.
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Where in the atmosphere and in the world do Auroras occur? In the atmosphere Auroras usually occur in the ionosphere (the highest part of the atmosphere, between the thermosphere and the exosphere. The ionosphere gets its name because it is ionized by solar radiation.). We typically see auroras only in high-latitude areas above about 50 degrees (north or south).he Aurora Borealis and its southern counterpart the Aurora Australis are formed high in the atmosphere in the ionosphere, which is sometimes considered as part of the thermos … phere, the outermost actual atmosphere.
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Thermosphere - overview The aurora (Northern Lights and Southern Lights) mostly occur in the thermosphere. The thermosphere is a layer of Earth's atmosphere. The thermosphere is directly above the mesosphere and below the exosphere. It extends from about 90 km (56 miles) to between 500 and 1,000 km (311 to 621 miles) above our planet. Temperatures climb sharply in the lower thermosphere (below 200 to 300 km altitude), then level off and hold fairly steady with increasing altitude above that height.
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What are the Northern Lights? 1 Then, as these charged particles excite gases in our atmosphere, they make make them glow - just like gas in a fluorescent tube.  The solar wind can cause the Earth's magnetic field lines to disconnect from our planet. When these field lines snap back into position, charged particles from the solar wind are again pushed into the Earth's atmosphere, causing aurora. The more magnetic field lines that disconnect and snap back, the further south the Northern Lights can be seen.
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How Lightning Works Electrical Storms. In an electrical storm, the storm clouds are charged like giant capacitors in the sky. The upper portion of the cloud is positive and the lower portion is negative. How the cloud acquires this charge is still not agreed upon within the scientific community, but the following description provides one plausible explanation. In the process of the water cycle, moisture can accumulate in the atmosphere.
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- Lightning is a sudden discharge of electrons from clouds to the ground. When storm clouds gather up lots of electrons, which are negative, the electrons are attracted to the g…round's positive charge (opposites attract). The cloud's electrons build up so much that they leap to the ground in one stream, causing visible lightning.
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Electricity Electricity is the presence and flow of electric charge. Its best-known form is the flow of electrons through conductors such as copper wires. Electricity is a form of energy that comes in positive and negative forms, that occur naturally (as in lightning), or is produced (as in generator). It is a form of energy which we use to power machines and electrical devices. When the charges are not moving, electricity is called static electricity.
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- No Ads. Weather for Kids! Current Lightning Lightning history Tornado Page. Image results for Lightning from Google Lightning - Wikipedia Lightning is an atmospheric discharge of electricity, which typically occurs during thunderstorms, and sometimes during volcanic eruptions or dust storms.
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Understanding Lightning Science Lightning is a giant spark of electricity in the atmosphere between clouds, the air, or the ground. In the early stages of development, air acts as an insulator between the positive and negative charges in the cloud and between the cloud and the ground.
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Electrical breakdown Due to hydrodynamics breakdown in liquids seems to be more complicated: using two spheres in the gap between the electrodes additional pressure is exerted by the non-linear field strength. Electrical breakdown occurs within a gas (or mixture of gases, such as air) when the dielectric strength of the gas is exceeded.Regions of high electrical stress can cause nearby gas to partially ionize and begin conducting.ue to hydrodynamics breakdown in liquids seems to be more complicated: using two spheres in the gap between the electrodes additional pressure is exerted by the non-linear field strength. Electrical breakdown occurs within a gas (or mixture of gases, such as air) when the dielectric strength of the gas is exceeded.
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Atmospheric Optical Phenomena  (except Rainbows and Auroras) sun pillar. Below is a checklist of Optical atmospheric phenomena (except Rainbows and Auroras) on postal items (stamps, souvenir sheets, aerogrammes, postal cards, etc.). Catalog numbers, years of issue, and notes on the items featured are given when available.ightning can be considered as a type of atmospheric optical phenomenon, but it does not fall under the definition given above. Selected philatelic items referring to lightning are, or soon will be, included in the Clouds page.
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What is the Aurora Borealis? what is the aurora borealis? The Aurora is an incredible light show caused by collisions between electrically charged particles released from the sun that enter the earth’s atmosphere and collide with gases such as oxygen and nitrogen.
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Where in the atmosphere and in the world do Auroras occur? In the atmosphere Auroras usually occur in the ionosphere (the highest part of the atmosphere, between the thermosphere and the exosphere. The ionosphere gets its name because … it is ionized by solar radiation.). We typically see auroras only in high-latitude areas above about 50 degrees (north or south).he Northern Lights (or Aurora Borealis) and their southern counterpart the Aurora Australis are formed high in the atmosphere in the ionosphere, which is sometimes consider … ed as part of the thermosphere, the outermost actual atmospheric layer.
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Atmospheric Processes â Conduction Atmospheric Processes — Conduction. In this activity, students will explore the process of conduction. A classroom demonstration is included to further student understanding of the process. Conduction is one of the ways that energy is transferred from the earth's atmosphere to the air. Conduction is the process by which heat energy is transmitted through collisions between neighboring molecules.
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THE ATMOSPHERE AND RADIO WAVES THE ATMOSPHERE AND RADIO WAVES. The atmosphere plays a vital role in the way in which radio waves travel around the earth. Without its action it would not be possible for signals to travel around the globe on the short wave bands, or travel greater than only the line of sight distance at higher frequencies. with an interest in the topic.