The electrical nature of storms.
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TextPublication details: New York : Oxford University Press, c1998Description: ix, 422 p. : illISBN: - 0195073371 (hc)
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Bibliography: p. 369-403
Includes index
Tutorial: basic electricity and magnetism -- Overview of the electrical nature of the earth's atmosphere -- Electrified non-thunderstorm clouds -- Introduction to the electrical nature of thunderstorms -- Corona and point discharge -- Lightning -- Instruments -- Observations of the electrical characteristics of thunderstorms: general characteristics -- Observations of the electrical characteristics of thunderstorms: II. severe, winter, and tropical storms and storm systems -- Numerical models of thunderstorms electrification -- Electrical effects on cloud microphysics -- Appendix A: selected symbols and definitions -- Appendix B: physical constants and conversion factors
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