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... Much remains to be done to place our knowledge on a secure footing. ELECTRIC FIELDS IN THE MIDDLE ATMOSPHERE The normal electric field in the middle atmosphere is a superposition of fields mapped upward from thunderstorm generators in the lower atmosphere and fields mapped downward from magnetospheric and ionospheric dynamo generators.
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  • electric field
  • middle atmosphere
  • electric fields
  • ionization rate
  • lower atmosphere

  • model calculations
  • quiet conditions


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