| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 641 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps |
| Contents |
Present Understanding of the Lightning Return Stroke -- Triggered Lightning -- Electric Field and Charge Structure in Lightning-Producing Clouds -- Characteristics of Lightning in Supercells -- LINET -- An International VLF/LF Lightning Detection Network in Europe -- LAMPINET -- Lightning Detection in Italy -- Lightning Detection in Spain: The Particular Case of Catalonia -- Spatial Distribution and Frequency of Thunderstorms and Lightning in Australia -- Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Observations in Brazil -- Observation and Interpretation of Lightning Flashes with Electromagnetic Lightning Mapper -- Nowcasting of Thunderstorms Using VHF Measurements -- Optical Detection of Lightning from Space -- Space- and Ground-Based Studies of Lightning Signatures -- Lightning Measurements from Satellites and Significance for Storms in the Mediterranean -- Energetic Radiation and Lightning -- Schumann Resonance Signatures of Global Lightning Activity -- The Meteorological and Electrical Structure of TLE-Producing Convective Storms -- Infrasound from Lightning and Sprites -- Lightning in the Mediterranean in Relation with Cloud Microphysical Parameters -- Lightning and Precipitation -- Comparative Analysis of Flash and Radar Characteristics of Thunderstorm Cells -- Lightning Characteristics of Extreme Weather Events -- Flash Cells in Thunderstorms -- Thunderstorms, Lightning and Climate Change -- Impact of Lightning on Air Chemistry and Climate -- Lightning and NO X Production in Global Models -- Lightning Protection of Structures |
| Summary |
Addresses experimental and theoretical aspects of lightning. This book examines phenomena such as triggered lightning and sprite observations. It includes such topics as air chemistry; convective storms; infra sound from lightning; lightning and climate change; lightning and precipitation; lightning and radiation; and, lightning and supercells |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Lightning.
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Atmospherics.
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Lightning
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lightning.
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Environnement.
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Sciences de la terre.
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Atmospherics
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Lightning
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Betz, Hans Dieter.
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Schumann, U.
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Laroche, Pierre, Prof.
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| ISBN |
9781402090790 |
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140209079X |
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