Investigating the influence of thunderstorms on atmospheric electric field potential gradient variations
In this paper, we simultaneously investigate daily variations of the atmospheric electric field during thunderstorms and lightning parameters within the zone of representative operation of electric field mills, to allow for detailed spatial-temporal analysis of electric field variations. For this purpose, we develop a firmware complex for processing of experimental data of the lightning sensor and electric field mill networks, and software implementations for data mining, transferring and processing of the relevant data. Experimental results of atmospheric electric fields during lightning of different polarities are discussed.