Atmospheric Electric Measurement Results at Mauna Loa Observatory

Book excerpt: This report presents a reproducible data set of the atmospheric electric variables which is interpretable as a reference standard, i.e., an "atmospheric benchmark," of the suspended particulate mater within the earth's air envelope. To this purpose there follows, in reduced and tabulated form, the simultaneous hourly values of the atmospheric electric variables together with concurrent meteorological observations recorded at the Mauna Loa high altitude observatory on the island of Hawaii during the period from September 1, 1960 through August 31, 1961. Mean hourly data summaries for monthly, seasonal, and annual periods are presented in tabular and graphical form and the observational procedure and details of instrumentation are described.