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Staytcho Kolev

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A Preliminary Study of the Relationship of Some Atmospheric Pollutants and Cloud Characteristics Guest contribution Staytcho Kolev National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Blvd. Tsarigradsko shaussee 66, 1784-Sofia, Bulgaria Introduction Many scientists (Sheftel 1992, The Earth's..., 1986) have confirmed experimentally the possibility of using the difference in atmospheric electric parameters for estimation of anthropogenic atmospheric pollution. There is enough experimental evidence about the influence by natural pollutants on cloud electrification. Don Latham (1991) has presented experimental evidence that another type of natural pollution generator, a large prescribed fire, produced positive charges to generate a very unusual set of lightning discharges, consisting exclusively of positive cloud-to-ground flashes. A further calculation had showed th

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