The Earth's electrical environment /
Geophysics Study Committee, Geophysics Research Forum, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Resources, National Research Council.
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1986.
- 1 online resource (xiv, 263 pages) : illustrations.
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- Studies in geophysics .
- Studies in geophysics. .
Based on papers presented at an American Geophysical Union symposium in June 1983, Baltimore, Md.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Lighning phenomenology / Richard E. Orville -- Physics of lightning / E. Philip Krider -- Positive cloud-to-ground lightning / W. David Rust -- Acoustic radiations from thunderstorms / Arthur A. Few, Jr. -- Applications of advances in lightning research to lightning protection / Martin A. Uman -- The role of lightning in the chemistry of the atmosphere / William L. Chameides -- Thunderstorm origins, morphology, and dynamics / Edwin Kessler -- The electrical structure of thunderstorms / Paul R. Krehbiel -- Charging mechanisms in clouds and thunderstorms / Kenneth V.K. Beard and Harry T. Ochs -- Models of the development of the electrical structure of clouds / Zev Levin and Israel Tzur -- Atmospheric electricity in the planetary boundary layer / William A. Hoppel, R.V. Anderson, and John C. Willett. Electrical structure from 0 to 30 kilometers / Wolfgang Gringel, James M. Rosen, and David J. Hofmann -- Electrical structure of the middle atmosphere / George C. Reid -- Upper-atmosphere electric-field sources / Arthur D. Richmond -- The global atmospheric-electrical circuit / Raymond G. Roble and Israel Tzur -- Telluric currents : the natural environment and interactions with man-made systems / Louis J. Lanzerotti and Giovanni P. Gregori.
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