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Preliminary experimental data on the effect of an artificial steam-water cloud (SWC) on the atmospheric electric field are presented. The experiments were conducted on October 12, 2004, on the Kamchatka occurrence of thermal-power waters in the region of the active Mutnov power plant. The electric field strength was measured in the immediate vicinity of deep suspended geothermal wells opened during observations. The phenomenon of decreasing electric field strength during SWC existence is detected. Models are proposed and experimental results are discussed.
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Original Russian Text © V.V. Kuznetsov, N.V. Cherneva, I.Yu. Babakhanov, 2007, published in Izvestiya AN. Fizika Atmosfery i Okeana, 2007, Vol. 43, No. 2, pp. 266–271.
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Kuznetsov, V.V., Cherneva, N.V. & Babakhanov, I.Y. Effect of an artificial cloud on the atmospheric electric field. Izv. Atmos. Ocean. Phys. 43, 237–242 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0001433807020107
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