Evaluation of a modern point discharge sensor as an atmospheric electricity instrument

Blair McGinness*, R Giles Harrison, Karen L Aplin, Martin Airey

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Abstract

Point discharge sensors have been used for a long period of time, but are still not fully understood. The data collected by one of these sensors has been investigated along with electric field data in an attempt to parameterise the sensor. It was found that the sensor was best described by an equation with terms dependent on the atmospheric electric field and the first derivative of this electric field, with respect to time. This behaviour implies that both electrostatic and electrodynamic processes are important to the operation of the sensor. The inclusion of the electrodynamic term means that although this sensor is able to detect electrical disturbances, it is more difficult to recover the precise nature of the electric field using this sensor.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationInternational Conference on Electrostatics 2023 04/09/2023 - 07/09/2023 London, United Kingdom
PublisherIOP Publishing
Number of pages7
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 12 Feb 2024
EventElectrostatics 2023 - Brunel University, London, United Kingdom
Duration: 4 Sept 20237 Sept 2023
https://iop.eventsair.com/electrostatics-2023

Publication series

NameJournal of Physics: Conference Series
PublisherIOP
Volume2702
ISSN (Electronic)1742-6596

Conference

ConferenceElectrostatics 2023
Country/TerritoryUnited Kingdom
CityLondon
Period4/09/237/09/23
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Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was funded via an STFC studentship (ST/R000921/1).

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