On the NOx generation in Corona, streamer and low-pressure electrical discharges

• An assessment of the global distribution of nitrogen oxides (NOx) is required for a satisfactory description of tropospheric chemistry and in the evaluation of the global impact of increasing anthropogenic emissions of NOx. In the mathematical models utilized for this purpose, it is necessary to have the natural as well as man-made sources of NOx in the atmosphere as inputs. Thunderstorms are a main natural source of NOx in the atmosphere and it may be the dominant source of NOx in the troposphere in equatorial and tropical South Pacific.

Subject headings

TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Elektroteknik och elektronik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Information Engineering (hsv//eng)

NATURVETENSKAP  -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Meteorologi och atmosfärforskning (hsv//swe)

NATURAL SCIENCES  -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Meteorology and Atmospheric Sciences (hsv//eng)

Keyword

Anthropogenic emissions

Atmospheric chemistry

Atmospheric electricity

Corona

Corona discharges

Discharges (electric)

Equatorial south pacific ocean

Global distribution

Low-pressure electrical discharges

Mathematical models

Nitrogen compounds

Nitrogen oxides

NOx

NOx generation

Storms

Streamer discharges

Thunderstorms

Tropical south pacific ocean

Troposphere

Tropospheric chemistry

Engineering Science with specialization in Atmospheric Discharges

Publication and Content Type

vet (subject category)

kap (subject category)