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Electricity of the unperturbed atmospheric boundary layer of middle latitudes in the global electrical circuit

51st meeting of the seminar

«Supercomputer simulation of the Earth system»

The seminar is devoted to various aspects of the application of supercomputer modeling methods for solving weather and climate forecasting problems.

Seminar co-organized organizations

Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU)
Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring of Russia Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring of Russia
Russian Academy of Sciences Russian Academy of Sciences

Seminar Leader:

V.A. Sadovnichy V.A. Sadovnichy
academician, rector of Lomonosov Moscow State University

Co-leaders of the seminar:

R.M. Wilfand R.M. Wilfand
Doctor of Technical Sciences, Scientific Director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia
S.A. Dobrolyubov S.A. Dobrolubov
Corr. RAS, Dean of the Faculty of Geography, Lomonosov Moscow State University
N.G. Yakovlev N.G. Yakovlev
Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Leading Researcher, Institute of Numerical Mathematics, RAS
V.M. Stepanenko V.M. Stepanenko
Doctor of Physics and Mathematics, Deputy Director of RCC MSU

Scientific Secretary of the seminar:

M.I. Varentsov M.I. Varentsov
Ph.D., senior researcher of RCC MSU

Seminar topics cover the following main areas (but not limited to them):

  • Methods and technologies for using supercomputer computing in interdisciplinary problems of environmental sciences.
  • Mathematical modeling of processes in the climate system.
  • Application of supercomputer technologies to solve problems of weather forecasting.
  • Application of supercomputer technologies to solve problems of assessing climate change and their consequences for the environment.
  • Application of supercomputer technologies for the complex solution of problems of environmental protection, including natural hazards and man-made disasters.
PROGRAM
17:30 (GMT+3)
S.V. Anisimov Geophysical Observatory "Borok", Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, RAS
S.V. Galichenko Geophysical Observatory "Borok", Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, RAS
K.V. Afinogenov Geophysical Observatory "Borok", Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, RAS
A.A. Prokhorchuk Geophysical Observatory "Borok", Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, RAS
E.V. Klimanova Geophysical Observatory "Borok", Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, RAS
A.S. Kozmina Geophysical Observatory "Borok", Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, RAS
A.V. Guryev Geophysical Observatory "Borok", Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth, RAS

THE ELECTRICITY OF THE MIDLATITUDE UNPERTURBED ATMOSPHERIC BOUNDARY LAYER IN THE GLOBAL ELECTRIC CHAIN

The paper considers issues of formation and functioning of the global electric chain (GEC) as an electrodynamic system formed by conductive layers of ionosphere as well as the upper layer of ocean and earth crust with lightning generators as main sources of electromotive force and undisturbed regions of free atmosphere as a zone of return currents [1]. Essentially, the GEC is a real natural object of solar-terrestrial relations and possible interactions of helio- and geophysical phenomena. The atmospheric boundary layer is the lower part of the atmosphere, whose turbulent dynamics and electrodynamics are determined by a complex organization of processes in a dissipative medium with energy input from many sources. The unperturbed by thunderstorm activity and precipitation areas of the atmosphere are characterized by low-energy electrical processes, the study of which requires field and observatory observations with a developed instrument base and mastery of methods of synchronous spaced high-precision measurements of the set of geophysical and aerophysical quantities. The report presents the results of recent studies of the electricity of the unperturbed atmospheric boundary layer of middle latitudes carried out in the Borok Geophysical Observatory of the IPZ RAS by methods of full-scale observations and numerical modeling [2,3]. Quantitative estimates of the mean values and variability of the atmospheric electric field strength, vertical electric field density, concentrations of light atmospheric ions, and the air electric conductivity were made. The results of high-altitude aeroelectric observations using helium tethered balloon [4] are presented. The results of the observations form a database of input parameters of numerical models of the electric state of the APS.

Acknowledgements: The work is supported by the Russian Science Foundation Grant No. 22-17-00053 and by the State Task of the Borok State Research Institute of the Earth's Physics and Power Engineering of the Russian Academy of Sciences No. FMWU-2022-0025.

References:

1. Anisimov S.V., Mareev E.A. Geophysical studies of the global electric circuit // Earth Physics. № 10. С. 8-18. 2008.

2. Anisimov S.V., Galichenko S.V., Aphinogenov K.V., Prokhorchuk A.A. Evaluation of the atmospheric boundary-layer electrical variability // Boundary-Layer Meteorol. 2018. V. 167. P. 327-348.

3. Anisimov S.V., Galichenko S.V., Prokhorchuk A.A., Aphinogenov K.V. Mid-latitude convective boundary-layer electricity: A study by large-eddy simulation // Atmos. Res. 2020. V. 244. 105035

4. Anisimov S.V., Galichenko S.V., Aphinogenov K.V., Klimanova E.V., Prokhorchuk A.A., Kozmina A.S., Guriev A.V. Mid-latitude convective boundary-layer electricity: A study by using a tethered balloon platform // Atmos. Res. 2021. V. 250. 105355.

 


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