The Earth's Electrical Environment

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Geophysics Study Committee, Geophysics Research Forum, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Resources, National Research Council

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This latest addition to the Studies in Geophysics series explores in scientific detail the phenomenon of lightning, cloud, and thunderstorm electricity, and global and regional electrical processes. Consisting of 16 papers by outstanding experts in a number of fields, this volume compiles and reviews many recent advances in such research areas as meteorology, chemistry, electrical engineering, and physics and projects how new knowledge could be applied to benefit mankind.

Front Matter i-xvi
OVERVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS 1-22
1 Lightning Phenomenology 23-29
2 Physics of Lightning 30-40
3 Positive Cloud-to-Ground Lightning 41-45
4 Acoustic Radiations from Lightning 46-60
5 Application of Advances in Lightning Research to Lightning Protection 61-69
6 The Role of Lightning in the Chemistry of the Atmosphere 70-80
7 Thunderstorm Origins, Morphology, and Dynamics 81-89
8 The Electrical Structure of Thunderstorms 90-113
9 Charging Mechanisms in Clouds and Thunderstorms 114-130
10 Models of the Development of the Electrical Structure of Clouds 131-148
11 Atmospheric Electricity in the Planetary Boundary Layer 149-165
12 Electrical Structure from 0 to 30 Kilometers 166-182
13 Electrical Structure of the Middle Atmosphere 183-194
14 Upper-Atmosphere Electric-Field Sources 195-205
15 The Global Atmospheric-Electrical Circuit 206-231
16 Telluric Currents: The Natural Environment and Interactions with Man-Made Systems 232-258
INDEX 259-263

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The Earth's Electrical Environment

(1986)

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(1986)

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Front Matter i-xvi

OVERVIEW AND RECOMMENDATIONS 1-22

1 Lightning Phenomenology 23-29

2 Physics of Lightning 30-40

3 Positive Cloud-to-Ground Lightning 41-45

4 Acoustic Radiations from Lightning 46-60

5 Application of Advances in Lightning Research to Lightning Protection 61-69

6 The Role of Lightning in the Chemistry of the Atmosphere 70-80

7 Thunderstorm Origins, Morphology, and Dynamics 81-89

8 The Electrical Structure of Thunderstorms 90-113

9 Charging Mechanisms in Clouds and Thunderstorms 114-130

10 Models of the Development of the Electrical Structure of Clouds 131-148

11 Atmospheric Electricity in the Planetary Boundary Layer 149-165

12 Electrical Structure from 0 to 30 Kilometers 166-182

13 Electrical Structure of the Middle Atmosphere 183-194

14 Upper-Atmosphere Electric-Field Sources 195-205

15 The Global Atmospheric-Electrical Circuit 206-231

16 Telluric Currents: The Natural Environment and Interactions with Man-Made Systems 232-258

INDEX 259-263

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