This is the first book to cover 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. Accessible to the technical non-expert, it is addressed to anyone interested in lightning and its effects.
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"Lightning Physics and Effects is not a lightning book; it is a lightning encyclopedia. Rarely in the history of science has one contribution covered a subject with such depth and thoroughness as to set the enduring standard for years, perhaps even decades, to come...The overall quality of the printing is superb; the figures are excellent, and the Plate Section presents six classic pages of photographs and figures." EOS
"...this will be one of the definitive books on lightning for several years to come. The book should be in the library of anybody working on lightning and its effects, and will certainly be of value to students and researchers in the atmospheric sciences as a textbook, detailed reference and bibliographic source." Weather
"This excellent book discusses all aspects of lightning noted on Earth and the other solar planets.... An all-encompassing book." Choice
"A great deal of information on lightning and lightning protection." Physics Today
"Rakov and Uman's encyclopedic work will be extremely useful for specalists as a rich source of factual and bibliographic information." Physics Today
"This book is clearly the most complete compilation of material on the physics and effects of lightning that exists today. It is well-written, and I expect that it will be an important reference for both specialists and nonspecialists alike in future years." American Meteorological Society, E. Philip Krider
"...a very useful reference book not only for people interested in lightning and thunder, due to the extensive list of references, but also for researchers and scientists working on high-voltage engineering and nonlinear systems, because the extensive review of various observations also provides guidance for further future investigations." - IEEE Circuits and Devices Magazine
"...this will be one of the definitive books on lightning for several years to come. The book should be in the library of anybody working on lightning and its effects, and will certainly be of value to students and researchers in the atmospheric sciences as a textbook, detailed reference and bibliographic source." Weather
"This excellent book discusses all aspects of lightning noted on Earth and the other solar planets.... An all-encompassing book." Choice
"A great deal of information on lightning and lightning protection." Physics Today
"Rakov and Uman's encyclopedic work will be extremely useful for specalists as a rich source of factual and bibliographic information." Physics Today
"This book is clearly the most complete compilation of material on the physics and effects of lightning that exists today. It is well-written, and I expect that it will be an important reference for both specialists and nonspecialists alike in future years." American Meteorological Society, E. Philip Krider
"...a very useful reference book not only for people interested in lightning and thunder, due to the extensive list of references, but also for researchers and scientists working on high-voltage engineering and nonlinear systems, because the extensive review of various observations also provides guidance for further future investigations." - IEEE Circuits and Devices Magazine
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This is the first book to cover 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. Accessible to the technical non-expert, it is addressed to anyone interested in lightning and its effects. This will include physicists, engineers working in the power, communications, computer, and aviation industries, meteorologists, atmospheric chemists, foresters, ecologists, physicians, and architects. Highly illustrated and containing an extensive bibliography, this book can also be used as a graduate text.
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In this chapter, we introduce the basic lightning terminology (Section 1.2) and summarize the available quantitative information on various aspects of lightning in tabular form (Section 1.3). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
upward connecting leader, negative lightning discharges, electric field records, cloud charge source, lightning locating systems, initial breakdown pulses, lightning initiation, upward negative leaders, negative stepped leader, negative subsequent strokes, lightning test standards, main negative charge region, global lightning activity, lightning attachment point, physics sign convention, interstep interval, lower positive charge center, triggered lightning experiments, winter thunderclouds, electric field waveforms, ground flash rate, negative screening layer, positive ground flashes, positive return strokes, negative return strokes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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In this chapter, we introduce the basic lightning terminology (Section 1.2) and summarize the available quantitative information on various aspects of lightning in tabular form (Section 1.3). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
upward connecting leader, negative lightning discharges, electric field records, cloud charge source, lightning locating systems, initial breakdown pulses, lightning initiation, upward negative leaders, negative stepped leader, negative subsequent strokes, lightning test standards, main negative charge region, global lightning activity, lightning attachment point, physics sign convention, interstep interval, lower positive charge center, triggered lightning experiments, winter thunderclouds, electric field waveforms, ground flash rate, negative screening layer, positive ground flashes, positive return strokes, negative return strokes Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, United States, New Mexico, Radio Sci, South Africa, Academic Press, Camp Blanding, Meteor Soc, Boca Raton, Kennedy Space Center, Monte San Salvatore, Space Sci, Static Electricity, Empire State Building, Pergamon Press, Technical Report, Technical Memorandum, University of Florida, Cambridge University Press, National Academy Press, Terr Phys, University of Arizona Press, Benjamin Franklin, Sea of Japan, Atlantic Ocean New!
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- Physics of Lightning (Applied Physics Guides) by D.J. Malan on 6 pages
- Clouds and Storms: The Behavior and Effect of Water in the Atmosphere by F. H. Ludlam on page 100, and Index
- Great Britain and Sea Power 1815-1853 (Modern Revivals in Military History) by Christopher John Bartlett on page 627
- Origin of Life on Earth (English, French and German Edition) by Oparin on page 19
- The Propagation of Radio Waves: The Theory of Radio Waves of Low Power in the Ionosphere and Magnetosphere by K. G. Budden in Index
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- Extreme Weather: A Guide and Record Book by Christopher C. Burt in Back Matter
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