Download or read book The Distribution of Thunderstorms and the Frequency of Lightning Flashes written by Richard Ruedy and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Distribution of Thunderstorms Over the Globe written by Charles Ernest Pelham Brooks and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Lightning Principles Instruments and Applications written by Hans Dieter Betz and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-12-04 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lightning represents a natural phenomenon of substantial interest. Due to its complex nature, research continues in many countries and reveals amazing results. Lightning is actively observed because of its relevance to Earth climate and air composition in addition to the classical aspects of related human fatalities and damage to forests, buildings, power lines, aircraft, structures and electronic devices. In this volume, the most important contemporary questions on lightning are addressed and analyzed under many experimental and theoretical aspects. Lightning detection techniques using ground-based and space-borne methods are described, along with network engineering and statistical analysis. Contributions detail research on atmospheric electricity, cloud physics, lightning physics, modeling of electrical storms and middle atmospheric events. Special phenomena such as triggered lightning and sprite observations are examined. Lightning-induced nitrogen oxides and their effects on atmospheric chemistry and climate are discussed. Each topic is presented by international experts in the field. Topics include: * air chemistry * convective storms * infrasound from lightning * lightning and climate change * lightning and precipitation * lightning and radiation * lightning and supercells * lightning and thunderstorms * lightning detection * lightning from space * lighting protection * lightning return strokes * observations and interpretations * spatial distribution and frequency * triggered lightning * weather extremes

Download or read book An Initial Assessment of Flash Density and Peak Current Characteristics of Lightning Flashes to Ground in South Florida written by Michael W. Maier and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Lightning Discharge written by Martin A. Uman and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-08-21 with total page 395 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Absorbing monograph by expert sets forth most of known properties of lightning: cloud and lightning charges, stepped leader, return stroke, dart leader, lightning on other planets, thunder, more. 144 illustrations.

Download or read book The Distribution of Thunderstorm Days Lightning Discharges and the Incidence of Lightning Discharge Derived from VLF Sferics Data written by William B. Freeman and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Severe Convective Storms written by Charles Doswell and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-03-30 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly illustrated book is a collection of 13 review papers focusing on convective storms and the weather they produce. It discusses severe convective storms, mesoscale processes, tornadoes and tornadic storms, severe local storms, flash flood forecast and the electrification of severe storms.

Download or read book Modern Climatology written by Shih-Yu (Simon) Wang and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2012-03-09 with total page 402 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Climatology, the study of climate, is no longer regarded as a single discipline that treats climate as something that fluctuates only within the unchanging boundaries described by historical statistics. The field has recognized that climate is something that changes continually under the influence of physical and biological forces and so, cannot be understood in isolation but rather, is one that includes diverse scientific disciplines that play their role in understanding a highly complex coupled "whole system" that is the earth's climate. The modern era of climatology is echoed in this book. On the one hand it offers a broad synoptic perspective but also considers the regional standpoint, as it is this that affects what people need from climatology. Aspects on the topic of climate change - what is often considered a contradiction in terms - is also addressed. It is all too evident these days that what recent work in climatology has revealed carries profound implications for economic and social policy; it is with these in mind that the final chapters consider acumens as to the application of what has been learned to date.

Download or read book The Lightning Flash written by Vernon Cooray and published by IET. This book was released on 2003 with total page 600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique book provides the reader with a thorough background in almost every aspect of lightning and its impact on electrical and electronic equipment. The contents range from basic discharge processes in air through transient electromagnetic field generation and interaction with overhead lines and underground cables, to lightning protection and testing techniques. This book is of value to anyone designing, installing or commissioning equipment which needs to be secured against lightning strikes, as well as being a sound introduction to research students working in the field.

Download or read book The Distribution of Thunderstorm Days Lightning Discharges and the Incidence of Lightning Discharge Derived from VLF Sferics Data written by Bill Freeman and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Thunderstorms and Lightning written by and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Thunderstorm Rainfall Text written by United States. Hydrologic Services Division. Hydrometeorological Section and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Electrical Nature of Storms written by D. R. MacGorman and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1998 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rapid progress during the last twenty years has created a host of new technologies for studying electrical storms, including lightning mapping systems, new radars, satellite sensors, and new ways of measuring electric field and particle charge. This book explains how these advances have revolutionized our understanding. The books provides substantial background material, making it accessible to a broad scientific audience.

Download or read book Thunderstorms a Social Scientific Technological Documentary Instruments and techniques for thunderstorm observation and analysis written by and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Thunderstorms a Social Scientific Technological Documentary The thunderstorm in human affairs written by and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Study of the Characteristics of Thunderstorm Cessation at the NASA Kennedy Space Center written by Michael Shawn Hinson and published by . This book was released on 1997-07-01 with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A lightning summary was developed for a 100x100 kilometer area centered at the NASA Kennedy Space Center. Spatial and temporal patterns, and first stroke peak currents were analyzed from 1986-1995. Three thunderstorms were chosen due to their proximity to the Kennedy Space Center (KSC) and examined for their end of storm characteristics. Radar echoes at the -10 deg C and -20 deg C temperature heights were associated with cloud to ground (CG) lightning strike locations from the National Lightning Detection Network. Electric fields were also examined during the same time frame for any correlations. A pattern was observed for the spatial distribution of CG lightning. An inland maximum in ground flash density was observed during the summer months for both negative and positive flashes. The summer months had the lowest percentage positive flashes (2.5%) while the maximum value occurred during the winter (11.4%). Although thunderstorms can occur at any time during the day, the diurnal distribution of lightning flashes showed that the afternoon (2000 UTC) was the time of maximum lightning activity. From a time history of radar echoes, it was found that a 45 dBZ echo, last detected at the -10 deg C temperature height, may be a good indicator of the end of lightning activity. The observed lag times between this lightning termination signature and the end of all CG lightning flashes was 30 min for all three thunderstorms.

Download or read book Atlas of Satellite Observations Related to Global Change written by Robert J. Gurney and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1993-11-25 with total page 496 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global environmental change is one of the most pressing international issues of the next century. There is a need to monitor the Earth's vital signs, from atmospheric ozone to tropical deforestation to sea level change. Models used to predict global changes have not yet fully used global observational data sets. Satellite data sets will be vital in addressing global change issues, in determining natural variability and monitoring global and regional changes. This timely volume provides an illustration of the variety of satellite-derived global data sets now available, their uses, advantages and limitations, and the range of variation that has already been observed with these data. A team of distinguished contributors provide a highly illustrated and accessible account suitable for the general scientific reader.