The ionospheric response over the UK to major bombing raids during World War II

Scott, Christopher J.; Major, Patrick

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-1243-2018

Articles | Volume 36, issue 5

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-1243-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-36-1243-2018

© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 36, issue 5

Regular paper

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26 Sep 2018

Regular paper |

| 26 Sep 2018

The ionospheric response over the UK to major bombing raids during World War II

Christopher J. Scott and Patrick Major

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'angeo-2018-44 (referee)', Anonymous Referee #1, 25 Jun 2018
- AC1: 'Response to referee 1', Chris Scott, 30 Jul 2018
RC2: 'Referee report on the MS “The ionospheric response over the UK to major bombing raids during World War II” by C. J. Scott and P. Major', Anonymous Referee #2, 10 Jul 2018
- AC2: 'Response to referee 2', Chris Scott, 30 Jul 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

ED: Publish as is (14 Aug 2018) by Dalia Buresova

Post-review adjustments

AA: Author's adjustment | EA: Editor approval

AA by Chris Scott on behalf of the Authors (11 Sep 2018) Author's adjustment Manuscript

EA: Adjustments approved (13 Sep 2018) by Dalia Buresova

Short summary

The variability of the Earth's ionosphere (the electrified region of the Earth's upper atmosphere) results from external forcing from above (through solar activity and space weather effects) and from below (via natural sources such as lightning storms and tectonics). Bombing raids over Europe during World War II were used to determine the quantitative impact of explosions on the ionosphere. It was found that raids using more than 300 tonnes of explosives weakened the ionosphere for up to 5 h.