Atmospheric electricity observations at Lerwick Geophysical Observatory

• Published in: History of geo- and space sciences Vol. 13; no. 2; pp. 133 - 146
• Main Authors: Harrison, R. Giles, Riddick, John C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Gottingen Copernicus GmbH 08.08.2022; Copernicus Publications
• Subjects: 19th century; Atmospheric electricity; Electric fields; Electricity; Nuclear weapons; Observatories; Ocean temperature; Office space; Ozone layer depletion; Post offices; Radio equipment; Radio stations; Specific gravity; Water supply; World War II; United Kingdom > UK; Scotland

Atmospheric electricity measurements were made at Lerwick Observatory, Shetland, between 1925 and 1984. These principally provide a long series of hourly potential gradient (PG) measurements at an unpolluted site but also include air–Earth current density measurements during the late 1970s and early...