Balloon-Borne Electrical Measurements in Thunderstorms

雷暴中的气球载电气测量

• 批准号: 9403664
• 负责人: William Winn
• 金额: $ 34.07万
• 依托单位: New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-07-15 至 1998-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9403664&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Balloon; Borne; Electrical; Measurements; Thunderstorms

The objective of this research is the measurement of the size and charge of ice particles in thunderstorms, a crucial ingredient of existing theory of charge separation in such storms. The measuring devices, including a new one designed to evaluate the reliability of the electrical measurements, will be mounted on a balloon and flown near Socorro, New Mexico where special radars and other instruments will provide a useful meteorological characterization of the thunderstorms.

这项研究的目的是测量雷暴中冰粒的大小和电荷，这是现有雷暴电荷分离理论的关键组成部分。这些测量设备，包括一个旨在评估电子测量可靠性的新设备，将安装在一个气球上，并在新墨西哥州索科罗附近飞行，那里的特殊雷达和其他仪器将提供雷暴的有用气象特征。