For over a century, the electric Potential Gradient (PG) of the atmosphere has been measured and studied. The local vertical electric field (E_z) is strongly influenced by the presence of lightning, electrified clouds, rainfall, aerosols, and many others. The One Year Electric Field Study-North Slope of Alaska (OYES-NSA) field campaign was established in the summer of 2017 to measure the vertical electric field at the ARM site in Barrow, Alaska alongside a wide array of supplementary instrumentation, including a Micro-Pulse Lidar and upward facing Ka-band radar. Two years of observations (072017-062019) have shown the possibility to quantify the local effects from aerosols and clouds observed by the Lidar and Radar on the measured E_Z. Throughout the manuscript, the physics convention of negative downward fair-weather electric fields is used. Three cases (convective clouds, high concentration of near surface aerosols, and blowing snow) are used to demonstrate the localized effects on the measured E_Z. Utilizing the relationships between E_Z and backscatter/reflectivity, we have developed a methodology to distinguish samples with local influences. A fair-weather (FW) condition is determined to be associated with a low Lidar backscattering (less than 15 km⁻¹sr⁻¹), in the presence of no significant cloud activity (radar reflectivity less than −10dBZ). The samples satisfying these criteria are found with a 5-min averaged standard deviation of less than 15 V/m, and E_Z between −250 V/m to −50 V/m. Using only properties of the E_Z measurements allows for the simultaneous comparisons of FW at multiple sites, without the need for supplementary information of local weather conditions. Simultaneous E_Z measurements from 8 FW cases are shown between Barrow, AK and Corpus Christi, TX on the timescale of minutes to hours. Similar variation patterns in the FW E_Z are shown at both sites, providing evidence of the global nature of the atmospheric electric system. Furthermore, the seasonal-diurnal variability of FW at multiple sites shows similar distributions of the PG.

一个多世纪以来，已经对大气的电势梯度（PG）进行了测量和研究。局部垂直电场（E _z）受雷电，带电云，降雨，气溶胶和许多其他因素的强烈影响。阿拉斯加北坡一年电场研究（OYES-NSA）野战活动于2017年夏季成立，旨在测量阿拉斯加巴罗ARM基地的垂直电场以及各种辅助仪器，包括微型-脉冲激光雷达和朝上的Ka波段雷达。两年的观察（072017-062019）显示了量化激光雷达和雷达观测到的气溶胶和云对测得的E _Z的局部影响的可能性。在整个手稿中，均使用负向下的晴天电场的物理惯例。使用三种情况（对流云，高浓度的近地表气溶胶和吹雪）来证明对测得的E _Z的局部影响。利用E _Z与反向散射/反射率之间的关系，我们开发了一种方法来区分具有局部影响的样品。在没有明显的云活动（雷达反射率小于-10dBZ）的情况下，确定的公平天气（FW）条件与低激光雷达后向散射（小于15 km ^-1 sr ^-1）相关。发现满足这些标准的样品的5分钟平均标准偏差小于15 V / m，E_Z在-250 V / m至-50 V / m之间。仅使用E _Z测量的属性可以同时比较多个站点的FW，而无需获取本地天气状况的补充信息。在几分钟到几小时的时间范围内，显示了来自8个FW案例的同时E _Z测量值，位于Barrow，AK和TX，Corpus Christi之间。在两个站点上都显示了FW E _Z中类似的变化模式，这提供了大气电子系统的整体性质的证据。此外，FW在多个地点的季节性昼夜变化显示出PG的相似分布。