Glossary on atmospheric electricity and its effects on biology

Pablo Fdez-Arroyabe¹, Konstantinos Kourtidis^{2

3}, Christos Haldoupis⁴, Snezana Savoska⁵, James Matthews⁶, Lluis M Mir⁷, Pavlos Kassomenos⁸, Michal Cifra⁹, Susana Barbosa¹⁰, Xuemeng Chen¹¹, Snezana Dragovic¹², Christos Consoulas¹³, Ellard R Hunting¹⁴, Daniel Robert¹⁴, Oscar A van der Velde¹⁵, Francesca Apollonio¹⁶, Anna Odzimek¹⁷, Ashot Chilingarian¹⁸, Dominic Royé¹⁹, Hripsime Mkrtchyan¹⁸, Colin Price²⁰, József Bór²¹, Christina Oikonomou²², Marius-Victor Birsan²³, Benedicto Crespo-Facorro²⁴, Milan Djordjevic²⁵, Ciro Salcines²⁶, Amparo López-Jiménez²⁷, Reik V Donner^{28

29}, Marko Vana¹¹, Jens Olaf Pepke Pedersen³⁰, Michel Vorenhout³¹, Michael Rycroft³²

Affiliations

¹ Geography and Planning Department, Universidad de Cantabria, 39005, Santander, Spain. pablo.fdezarroyabe@unican.es.
² Dept. of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, 67100, Xanthi, Greece.
³ Environmental and Networking Technologies and Applications Unit (ENTA), Athena Research and Innovation Center, 67100, Xanthi, Greece.
⁴ Department of Physics, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
⁵ Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies, University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Bitola, North Macedonia.
⁶ School of Chemistry, Cantocks Close University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
⁷ Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS Institut Gustave Roussy, Metabolic and systemic aspects of oncogenesis (METSY), 94805, Villejuif, France.
⁸ Department of Physics, Lab. of Meteorology, University Campus, University of Ioannina, 45100, Ioannina, Greece.
⁹ Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Chaberská 1014, /57 182 51, Prague, Czechia.
¹⁰ INESC Technology and Science - INESC TEC, Porto, Portugal.
¹¹ Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwaldi 1, EE-50411, Tartu, Estonia.
¹² University of Belgrade, Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia.
¹³ Laboratory of Experimental Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
¹⁴ School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
¹⁵ Lightning Research Group, Electrical Engineering Department, Polytechnic University of Catalonia - BarcelonaTech, Colon 1, 08222, Terrassa, Spain.
¹⁶ Department of Information Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
¹⁷ Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
¹⁸ Yerevan Physics Institute, Alikhanyan Brothers 2, Yerevan, Armenia.
¹⁹ Department of Geography, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago, Spain.
²⁰ Department of Geophysics, Porter School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 6997801, Tel Aviv, Israel.
²¹ Geodetic and Geophysical Institute, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Sopron, Hungary.
²² Frederick University 7, Y. Frederickou Str. Pallouriotisa, 1036, Nicosia, Cyprus.
²³ Department of Research and Meteo Infrastructure Projects, Meteo Romania (National Meteorological Administration), Bucharest, Romania.
²⁴ Department of Psychiatry, University of Sevilla, HU Virgen del Rocio IBIS, CIBERSAM, Seville, Spain.
²⁵ Department of Geography, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia.
²⁶ Health and Safety Unit, Infrastructure Service, University of Cantabria, Avd. de los Castros, 54 39005, Santander, Cantabria, Spain.
²⁷ Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering Department, Universitat Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera s/n 46022, Valencia, Spain.
²⁸ Department of Water, Environment, Construction and Safety, Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences, Breitscheidstr. 2, 39114, Magdeburg, Germany.
²⁹ Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) - Member of the Leibniz Association, Telegrafenberg A31, 14773, Potsdam, Germany.
³⁰ National Space Institute, DTU Space, Technical University of Denmark, Centrifugevej 356, DK-2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
³¹ MVH Consult, Beukenrode, 19, Leiden, Netherlands.
³² CAESAR Consultancy, 35 Millington Road, Cambridge, CB3 9HW, UK.

PMID: 33025117
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-020-02013-9

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Glossary on atmospheric electricity and its effects on biology

Pablo Fdez-Arroyabe et al. Int J Biometeorol. 2021 Jan.

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. 2021 Jan;65(1):5-29.

doi: 10.1007/s00484-020-02013-9. Epub 2020 Oct 6.

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Affiliations

¹ Geography and Planning Department, Universidad de Cantabria, 39005, Santander, Spain. pablo.fdezarroyabe@unican.es.
² Dept. of Environmental Engineering, Democritus University of Thrace, 67100, Xanthi, Greece.
³ Environmental and Networking Technologies and Applications Unit (ENTA), Athena Research and Innovation Center, 67100, Xanthi, Greece.
⁴ Department of Physics, University of Crete, 71003 Heraklion, Crete, Greece.
⁵ Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies, University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Bitola, North Macedonia.
⁶ School of Chemistry, Cantocks Close University of Bristol, Bristol, BS8 1TS, UK.
⁷ Université Paris-Saclay, CNRS Institut Gustave Roussy, Metabolic and systemic aspects of oncogenesis (METSY), 94805, Villejuif, France.
⁸ Department of Physics, Lab. of Meteorology, University Campus, University of Ioannina, 45100, Ioannina, Greece.
⁹ Institute of Photonics and Electronics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Chaberská 1014, /57 182 51, Prague, Czechia.
¹⁰ INESC Technology and Science - INESC TEC, Porto, Portugal.
¹¹ Institute of Physics, University of Tartu, W. Ostwaldi 1, EE-50411, Tartu, Estonia.
¹² University of Belgrade, Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia.
¹³ Laboratory of Experimental Physiology, Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece.
¹⁴ School of Biological Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK.
¹⁵ Lightning Research Group, Electrical Engineering Department, Polytechnic University of Catalonia - BarcelonaTech, Colon 1, 08222, Terrassa, Spain.
¹⁶ Department of Information Engineering, Electronics and Telecommunications, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy.
¹⁷ Institute of Geophysics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
¹⁸ Yerevan Physics Institute, Alikhanyan Brothers 2, Yerevan, Armenia.
¹⁹ Department of Geography, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago, Spain.
²⁰ Department of Geophysics, Porter School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, Tel Aviv University, 6997801, Tel Aviv, Israel.
²¹ Geodetic and Geophysical Institute, Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Sopron, Hungary.
²² Frederick University 7, Y. Frederickou Str. Pallouriotisa, 1036, Nicosia, Cyprus.
²³ Department of Research and Meteo Infrastructure Projects, Meteo Romania (National Meteorological Administration), Bucharest, Romania.
²⁴ Department of Psychiatry, University of Sevilla, HU Virgen del Rocio IBIS, CIBERSAM, Seville, Spain.
²⁵ Department of Geography, Faculty of Sciences and Mathematics, University of Niš, Niš, Serbia.
²⁶ Health and Safety Unit, Infrastructure Service, University of Cantabria, Avd. de los Castros, 54 39005, Santander, Cantabria, Spain.
²⁷ Hydraulic and Environmental Engineering Department, Universitat Politécnica de Valencia, Camino de Vera s/n 46022, Valencia, Spain.
²⁸ Department of Water, Environment, Construction and Safety, Magdeburg-Stendal University of Applied Sciences, Breitscheidstr. 2, 39114, Magdeburg, Germany.
²⁹ Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) - Member of the Leibniz Association, Telegrafenberg A31, 14773, Potsdam, Germany.
³⁰ National Space Institute, DTU Space, Technical University of Denmark, Centrifugevej 356, DK-2800, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.
³¹ MVH Consult, Beukenrode, 19, Leiden, Netherlands.
³² CAESAR Consultancy, 35 Millington Road, Cambridge, CB3 9HW, UK.

PMID: 33025117
DOI: 10.1007/s00484-020-02013-9

Abstract

There is an increasing interest to study the interactions between atmospheric electrical parameters and living organisms at multiple scales. So far, relatively few studies have been published that focus on possible biological effects of atmospheric electric and magnetic fields. To foster future work in this area of multidisciplinary research, here we present a glossary of relevant terms. Its main purpose is to facilitate the process of learning and communication among the different scientific disciplines working on this topic. While some definitions come from existing sources, other concepts have been re-defined to better reflect the existing and emerging scientific needs of this multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary area of research.

Keywords: Atmospheric electric field; Atmospheric electricity phenomena; Biological effects; Biometeorological profile; Glossary.

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