A New Electric Field Mill Network to Estimate Temporal Variation of Simplified Charge Model in an Isolated Thundercloud [PDF]
Sensors, 2022 The gross charge distribution in an electrified cloud has already been estimated by polarity distribution of the electrostatic field on the ground surface.
Kozo Yamashita +4 more
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Seasonal and annual variations in the strength of the atmospheric electric field in the 24th cycle of solar activity measured in Yakutsk [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 The paper presents the results of measuring the strength of the atmospheric electric field in fair weather conditions in the 24th cycle of solar activity from 2009 to 2019 according to observations in Yakutsk (North-east of Siberia).
Toropov Anatoliy +2 more
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Research on the Optimization of the Electrode Structure and Signal Processing Method of the Field Mill Type Electric Field Sensor [PDF]
SensorsAiming at the issues that the field mill type electric field sensor lacks an accurate and complete mathematical model, and its signal is weak and contains a large amount of harmonic noise, on the basis of establishing the mathematical model of the sensor’
Wei Zhao, Zhizhong Li, Haitao Zhang
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A Review of Three-Dimensional Electric Field Sensors [PDF]
MicromachinesThree-dimensional electric field sensors (3D EFSs) can simultaneously measure electric field components in three mutually orthogonal directions and comprehensively capture the spatial distribution and dynamic changes of the electric field.
Xiaonan Li +5 more
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An Array of Low‐Cost, High‐Speed, Autonomous Electric Field Mills for Thunderstorm Research [PDF]
Earth and Space Science, 2020 The atmospheric electric field is an important research parameter in understanding storm electrification and energy exchange between lightning and the atmosphere across the globe.
A. Antunes de Sá +4 more
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A DC electric field sensor based on optical waveguide-based field mill
AIP AdvancesBased on the Pockels effect of the lithium niobate crystal, an optical field mill DC electric field sensor has been developed. The structural parameters of the rotating shield electrode are optimized by using the COMSOL Multiphysics simulation software ...
Wei Song +8 more
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Optimized design of micromachined electric field mills to maximize electrostatic field sensitivity
Sensing and Bio-Sensing Research, 2016 This paper describes the design optimization of a micromachined electric field mill, in relation to maximizing its output signal. The cases studied are for a perforated electrically grounded shutter vibrating laterally over sensing electrodes.
Yu Zhou, Cyrus Shafai
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Operational analysis of electric field mills as lightning warning systems in Colombia
Ingeniería e Investigación, 2011 Electrostatic field measurements taken in Bogotá, Colombia, during thunderstorms in November (the rainy season due to inter-tropical confluence zone over central Colombia) were used to study the performance of an isolated electric field sensor and ...
D. Aranguren +5 more
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Isotropic Irradiation Model from Atmospheric Discharges Using Local Atmospheric Electric Field Data
Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology, 2022 Using a local atmospheric electric field sensor network (Field Mill), an electromagnetic link model was proposed considering a free space electric field and a theoretical electric field calculated from an atmospheric discharge. With this, it was possible
Armando Heilmann +3 more
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The electrical activity of Saharan dust as perceived from surface electric field observations [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2021 We report on the electric field variations during Saharan dust advection over two atmospheric remote stations in Greece, using synergistic observations of the vertical atmospheric electric field strength (Ez) at ground level and the lidar-derived ...
V. Daskalopoulou +12 more
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