Email this article Effect of the atmospheric electric field under a thundercloud on tornado funnel formation
- Authors: Maslov S.A.1
-
Affiliations:
- Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics
- Issue: Vol 72, No 1 (2017)
- Pages: 23-27
- Section: Article
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/0027-1330/article/view/164407
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.3103/S0027133017010058
- ID: 164407
Cite item
Open Access
Access granted
Subscription Access
Abstract
The effect of the atmospheric electric field under a thundercloud on the formation and motion of a tornado funnel is considered. It is shown that the electric force may cause the descent of the developing funnel to the Earth’s surface or its ascent back to the thundercloud.
About the authors
S. A. Maslov
Faculty of Mechanics and Mathematics
Author for correspondence.
Email: sergm90@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Leninskie Gory, Moscow, 119899
Supplementary files
