We study variations in the light-ion concentration and space charge density in the atmospheric surface layer during the passage of deep convective clouds. Analysis of the experimental data for 2006–2012 shows matched variations in the positive and negative ion conductivities and both an increase and a decrease (down to zero) in the light-ion concentration at that time. An approach in which the electric field is the external driving force is proposed to describe the properties of the nonstationary electrode layer of the surface atmosphere during thunderstorms. It is shown that the transport of aeroions in the thunderstorm atmosphere is realized by both turbulent flows of air and electric forces, the latter playing a major role. The dynamics of changes in the electrode layer parameters as a function of the field variations has been identified.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 56, Nos. 11–12, pp. 853–863, November–December 2013.
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Nagorsky, P.M., Morozov, V.N., Smirnov, S.V. et al. Electrode Layer in the Electric Field of Deep Convective Cloudiness. Radiophys Quantum El 56, 769–777 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11141-014-9479-8
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