ISSN: 2577-4050
Water in Atmosphere and Earth and Atmospheric Electricity
Atmospheric moisture plugs a near-surface pore space. Evaporating moisture increases neutral condensation nucleus density in the surface air that leads to an increase in the atmospheric electric field. Industrial use of confined waters minimizes the atmosphere-soil air exchangeand an increase in the atmospheric electric field. The change in perched water levels, including variations in atmospheric pressure controls the soil radon exhalation. The pressure drop by thousandths will increase the exhalation of soil radon by more than an order of magnitude. The vertical conductance current can be compared with precipitation currents in the powerful negative fields of a cumulonimbus cloud.
Keywords:
Atmospheric moisture; Radon; Atmospheric electric field; Confined water; Perched water
