Experiments with the active impact of steam jet on atmospheric electric field

Abstract

We present the results of experiments dealing with a study of the effect of artificial vapor-water cloud (VWC) on the atmospheric electric field (AEF). The experiments were performed on September 19, 2006, at Kamchatka heat-and-power water field in the region of the operational Mutnovskaya power plant. We had simultaneously measured the AEF intensity (by three sensors), air electroconductivity, the electric potential of drill hole, and the meteorological parameters in the immediate vicinity of geothermal drill holes, which were opened and closed for duration of the observations. It is found that the dependence of the intensity of the electric filed on the liquid water content in the vapor-water mixture of the drill hole varies throughout the duration of the VWC persistence. Models are proposed and the results of the experiment are discussed.