LEADER 04436nam 22006855 450 001 9910299432403321 005 20200630164418.0 010 $a9789401789387 010 $a940178938X 024 7 $a10.1007/978-94-017-8938-7 035 $a(CKB)3710000000269857 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001372428 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11802173 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001372428 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11301576 035 $a(PQKB)11742275 035 $a(DE-He213)978-94-017-8938-7 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5555616 035 $a(PPN)182092216 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC31887496 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31887496 035 $a(OCoLC)893478568 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000269857 100 $a20141008d2015 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn|008mamaa 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 13$aAn Introduction to Lightning /$fby Vernon Cooray 205 $a1st ed. 2015. 210 1$aDordrecht :$cSpringer Netherlands :$cImprint: Springer,$d2015. 215 $a1 online resource (XV, 386 p. 253 illus., 71 illus. in color.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9789401789370 311 08$a9401789371 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aLightning and Humans: The Early Days -- Basic Physics of Electrical Discharges -- Basic Electromagnetic Theory -- Earth?s Atmosphere -- The Thundercloud and Lightning Phenomenology -- Mechanism of Charge Generation in Thunderclouds -- Mechanism of the Lightning Flash -- Features of Electrical Currents in Lightning Flashes -- Electric and Magnetic Fields of Lightning Flashes -- Lightning Return Stroke Models -- Lightning Return Stroke Speed -- Propagation Effects on Lightning Generated Electromagnetic Fields -- Lightning Location -- Potential of the Thundercloud and the Charge Distribution in Leaders and Return Strokes -- Direct and Indirect Effects of Lightning -- Interaction of Lightning Flashes with Humans -- Principles of Lightning Protection -- Advanced Procedures to Locate the Point of Attachment of Lightning Flashes -- Interaction of Lightning Flashes and Thunderclouds with the Earth?s Atmosphere -- Unusual Forms of Lightning -- Appendix A: How to Avoid Lightning Injuries Including Questions and Answers -- Appendix B: Advanced books on Lightning for further reading. 330 $aThis book about lightning summarizes the essence of physics and effects of lightning in a non-technical manner and provides an up-to-date description of the phenomenon of lightning in simple language. Starting with the myths related to lightning, the reader is introduced to the mechanism of lightning flashes and their interactions with humans, human-made systems and Earth?s environment. Most of the available books on lightning are written for the experts in the field and there is a need for a book that introduces the undergraduate and beginning post graduate students to the subject of lightning and prepares them for more advanced books meant for the experts. This introductory book, which is based on a series of lectures given to undergraduate and postgraduate students in electrical engineering, is intended to fill this need. Tailored to the needs of university students who plan to study electrical engineering, meteorology, environmental or basic physics, it is also a valuable reference resource for laymen who are interested in knowing more on this phenomenon. 606 $aAtmospheric science 606 $aMeteorology 606 $aGeophysics 606 $aAtmospheric Sciences$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/G36000 606 $aMeteorology$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/312000 606 $aGeophysics and Environmental Physics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/P32000 615 0$aAtmospheric science. 615 0$aMeteorology. 615 0$aGeophysics. 615 14$aAtmospheric Sciences. 615 24$aMeteorology. 615 24$aGeophysics and Environmental Physics. 676 $a551.5632 700 $aCooray$b Vernon$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01063257 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910299432403321 996 $aAn Introduction to Lightning$92531233 997 $aUNINA