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Lightning : physics and effects /
"Lightning: Physics and Effects is the first book that covers essentially all aspects of lightning, including lightning physics, lightning protection, and the interaction of lightning with a variety of objects and systems as well as with the environment. It is written in a style that will be ac...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge, U.K. ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Introduction
- Incidence of lightning
- Electrical structure of lightning-producing clouds
- Downward negative lightning discharges to ground
- Positive and bipolar lightning discharges to ground
- Upward lightning initiated by ground-based objects
- Artificial initiation (triggering) of lightning by ground-based activity
- Winter lightning in Japan
- Cloud discharges
- Lightning and airborne vehicles
- Thunder
- Modeling of lightning processes
- The distant lightning electromagnetic environment: atmospherics, Schumann resonances, and whistlers
- Lightning effects in the middle and upper atmosphere
- Lightning effects on the chemistry of the atmosphere
- Extraterrestrial lightning
- Lightning locating systems
- Deleterious effects of lightning and protective techniques
- Lightning hazards to humans and animals
- Ball lightning, bead lightning, and other unusual discharges.