| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 377 pages) : illustrations. |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
International geophysics series ; v. 39
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International geophysics series ; v. 39.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 368-369) and index. |
| Contents |
Front Cover; The Lightning Discharge; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Lightning Phenomenology; Chapter 3. Cloud and Lightning Charges; Chapter 4. Preliminary Breakdown; Chapter 5. Stepped Leader; Chapter 6. Attachment Process; Chapter 7. Return Stroke; Chapter 8. Dart Leader; Chapter 9. Continuing Current; Chapter 10. J- and K-Processes in Discharges to Ground; Chapter 11. Positive Lightning; Chapter 12. Upward Lightning and the Artificial Initiation of Lightning; Chapter 13. Cloud Discharges; Chapter 14. Lightning on Other Planets; Chapter 15. Thunder. |
| Summary |
From the Preface: In the 18 years since my technical monograph Lightning (McGraw-Hill, 1969; Dover, 1984) was first published, there have been significant advances in our understanding of lightning, but, until now, there has been no new monograph on the subject. A number of edited collections of papers and conference proceedings relating to lightning have been published during this period and are listed in Appendix D as well as being referenced, where appropriate, throughout the text ... In the present book, the chapters are organized primarily by lightning process. Each chapter contains a refe. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Lightning.
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Lightning. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Uman, Martin A. Lightning discharge. Orlando : Academic Press, 1987 0127083502 9780127083506 (DLC) 86025884 (OCoLC)14272139 |
| ISBN |
9780080959818 (electronic book) |
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0080959814 (electronic book) |
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1282034790 |
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9781282034792 |
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0127083502 (alkaline paper) |
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9780127083506 |
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