Effect of enhanced ionizing radiation on the cloud electricity after the Fukushima nuclear accident

Abstract The vertical downward component of the DC atmospheric electric field, or potential gradient (PG), at Kakioka 150 km southwest of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant (FNPP1) was analyzed before and after the FNPP1 accident to examine possible influence of floating radioactive particle...

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Main Authors: Masatoshi Yamauchi, Masahiko Takeda, Shingo Nagamachi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-03-01
Series:Earth, Planets and Space
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40623-018-0780-1