Tornado Electricity

9322697 Winn这个项目的目的是收集龙卷风漏斗内部或附近的电活动的定量信息。10台测量电场振幅的仪器将在1994年和1995年俄克拉何马州预计龙卷风路径的地面上每隔5000米放置一次。电场测量将是龙卷风涡旋主要研究的一部分。录像、雷达和闪电位置所描绘的龙卷风云和龙卷风本身的发展和运动将为解释电场测量提供一个基本的框架。

9322697 Winn The Objective of this project is to gather quantitative information about the electrical activity inside or near tornado funnels. Ten instruments that measure the amplitude of the electric field will be placed at intervals of about 5000 meters on the ground across the anticipated paths of tornados in Oklahoma in 1994 and 1995. The electric field measurements will be part of a major study of tornadic storms known as VORTEX. The development and motion of the tornadic clouds and of the tornados themselves as depicted by video recordings, radars and the locations of lightning flashes will provide an essential framework for interpreting the electric field measurements.