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1 online resource (263 pages) |
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""Studies in Geophysics""; ""Copyright""; ""STUDIES IN GEOPHYSICS""; ""Contents""; ""OVERVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Lightning""; ""Cloud Electrification""; ""Electrical Structure of the Atmosphere""; ""The Planetary Boundary Layer""; ""Mid-Troposphere-Stratosphere""; ""Mesosphere""; ""Ionosphere and Magnetosphere""; ""Telluric Currents""; ""Techniques for Evaluating the Electrical Processes and Structure""; ""Societal Impact""; ""Recommendations""; ""References""; ""I LIGHTNING ""; ""1 Lightning Phenomenology ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS OF LIGHTNING"" |
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""Optical Detectors""""Radio Detectors""; ""GROUND OBSERVATIONS OF LIGHTNING""; ""Intracloud Versus Cloud-to-Ground Lightning""; ""Lightning Flash Density""; ""Lightning Flash and Related Characteristics""; ""Lightning Location Networks""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""References""; ""2 Physics of Lightning ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING""; ""IMPORTANT RESULTS OF RECENT RESEARCH""; ""Time-Domain Fields and Lightning Currents""; ""Locations of Lightning Radio Sources""; ""Artificial Triggering of Lightning""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""References""; ""3 Positive Cloud-to-Ground Lightning "" |
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""INTRODUCTION""""RECENT AND ONGOING STUDIES""; ""PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS""; ""PRACTICAL IMPLICATIONS""; ""AREAS NEEDING ADDITIONAL RESEARCH""; ""References""; ""4 Acoustic Radiations from Lightning ""; ""ACOUSTIC SOURCES IN THUNDERSTORMS""; ""THUNDER�THE RADIATION FROM HOT CHANNELS""; ""Shock-Wave Formation and Expansion""; ""Comparisons with Numerical Simulations and Experiments""; ""Tortuosity and the Thunder Signature""; ""PROPAGATION EFFECTS""; ""Finite-Amplitude Propagation""; ""Attenuation""; ""Scattering and Aerosol Effects""; ""Refraction""; ""MEASUREMENTS AND APPLICATIONS"" |
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""Propagation Effects Evaluation""""Acoustic Reconstruction of Lightning Channels""; ""ELECTROSTATICALLY PRODUCED ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS""; ""ACKNOWLEDGMENT""; ""References""; ""5 Application of Advances in Lightning Research to Lightning Protection ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""APPLICATIONS OF NEW LIGHTNING-DETECTION TECHNIQUES TO PROTECTION""; ""AMELIORATION OF LIGHTNING DAMAGE""; ""Mechanisms of Lightning Damage""; ""New Results on Lightning Characteristics""; ""Protection Techniques""; ""FUTURE RESEARCH NEEDED FOR IMPROVEMENTS IN PROTECTION""; ""CONCLUSIONS""; ""References"" |
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""6 The Role of Lightning in the Chemistry of the Atmosphere """"ABSTRACT""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""NO PRODUCTION BY LIGHTNING""; ""Estimate of P (NO)""; ""The Global Dissipation Rate, R""; ""The Global NO Production Rate, Ï?(NO)""; ""OTHER TRACE GASES PRODUCED BY LIGHTNING""; ""THE POSSIBLE ROLE OF ATMOSPHERIC DISCHARGES IN CLOUD CHEMISTRY""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""References""; ""II CLOUD AND THUNDERSTORM ELECTRICITY ""; ""7 Thunderstorm Origins, Morphology, and Dynamics ""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""VERTICAL CONVECTION AND THE GREENHOUSE EFFECT""; ""THE SIZE OF THUNDERSTORMS"" |
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""Conditioning the Air for Overturning"" |
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Atmospheric electricity -- Environmental aspects -- Congresses
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Human beings -- Effect of environment on -- Congresses
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Atmospheric electricity -- Environmental aspects
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Human beings -- Effect of environment on
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Conference papers and proceedings
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780309557665 |
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0309557666 |
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