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The diurnal variations in the electric conductivity, electric-field strength, and meteorological parameters in the near-Earth’s atmosphere during the solar events in October 21–31, 2003, have been studied. It has been indicated that the conductivity and electric-field strength strongly depend on the air temperature and humidity. It has been found that the conductivity increased for 2 days before the geomagnetic storm on October 29–30 as a result of the effect of solar cosmic rays and decreased during a Forbush decrease in galactic cosmic rays, which was accompanied by a corresponding increase in the electric-field strength. It has been found that the air temperature and humidity anomalously increased in the process of solar activity, which resulted in the formation of different clouds, including thunderclouds accompanied by thunderstorm processes and showers. Simultaneous disturbances of the regular meteorological processes, solar flare series, and emission intensification in the near ultraviolet band, and visible and infrared spectral regions make it possible to consider these processes as a source of additional energy inflow into the lower atmosphere.
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Original Russian Text © S.E. Smirnov, G.A. Mikhailova, O.V. Kapustina, 2014, published in Geomagnetizm i Aeronomiya, 2014, Vol. 54, No. 2, pp. 257–265.
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Smirnov, S.E., Mikhailova, G.A. & Kapustina, O.V. Variations in electric and meteorological parameters in the near-Earth’s atmosphere at Kamchatka during the solar events in October 2003. Geomagn. Aeron. 54, 240–247 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0016793214020182
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