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Continued atmospheric electric field measurements following cessation of the long‐term water dropper potential equalizer at Kakioka, Japan

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: Surface atmospheric electric field (AEF) measurements were conducted using a Kelvin water dropper equalizer by the Japan Meteorological Agency's geomagnetic observatory at Kakioka, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, from 1929 to February 28, 2021. To obtain AEF data successive to the water dropper measurement, we independently installed the field mills at Kakioka. In this present study, we estimated the calibration coefficients based on comparisons between the water dropper and the field mills through parallel observations over 3 days. The results revealed that the new observations could be regarded as continuous data. Our new data from the field mills in this study have begun the process of being distributed in GLObal Coordination of Atmospheric Electricity Measurements (GloCAEM) as both archived and real‐time data in 1 min and 1 s samplings.

Source: Geoscience Data Journal

DOI: 10.1002/gdj3.224

Authors: Masashi Kamogawa, Tomoyuki Suzuki, Yasuhiro Minamoto, Toshiyasu Nagao, Tetsuya Kodama, Hironobu Fujiwara, Takeshi Kudo

Institutions: Shizuoka University, University of Shizuoka, Mount Fuji Research Institute, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

Language: English

Topic: Lightning and Electromagnetic Phenomena

Subfield: Atmospheric Science

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,980

OpenAlex ID: W4387618334

FWCI: 0.672

Cites: 8

Cited by: 7

Related to: 10