
Currently, many researchers have an interest in the investigation of the electric field in the fair-weather electric environment along with its diurnal and seasonal variations across all regions of the world. However, a similar study in the southern part of Western Siberia has not yet been carried out. In this regard, the paper aims to estimate the mean values of the electric field and their variations in this area using the example of Tomsk. The time series of one-minute average potential gradient values as well as other quantities obtained from the geophysical observatory of the Institute of Monitoring of Climatic and Ecological Systems of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IMCES SB RAS, Tomsk, Russia) from 2006 to 2020 is used in this study. The mean annual value of the potential gradient in Tomsk is 282 V/m and usually varies from 161 to 372 V/m. The diurnal variations in potential gradient per year on average are characterized by oscillations of the continental type with a double maximum and minimum. The main minimum of diurnal variations is 7 h and the main maximum is 21 h of local time (00 and 14 UTC, respectively). According to the annual mode, the maximum potential gradient is observed in February, and the minimum is recorded in June.
Карнеги кривая, погодные условия, атмосферное электричество, Western Siberia, глобальная электрическая цепь, Carnegie curve, атмосферное электрическое поле, atmospheric electricity, Томск, город, fair-weather condition, global electric circuit, Meteorology. Climatology, atmospheric electricity; atmospheric electric field; fair-weather condition; Carnegie curve; global electric circuit; Western Siberia, atmospheric electric field, QC851-999, Западная Сибирь
Карнеги кривая, погодные условия, атмосферное электричество, Western Siberia, глобальная электрическая цепь, Carnegie curve, атмосферное электрическое поле, atmospheric electricity, Томск, город, fair-weather condition, global electric circuit, Meteorology. Climatology, atmospheric electricity; atmospheric electric field; fair-weather condition; Carnegie curve; global electric circuit; Western Siberia, atmospheric electric field, QC851-999, Западная Сибирь
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