Principles of Lightning Physics (eBook)

Vladislav Mazur (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2016
183 Seiten
Institute of Physics Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-7503-1152-6 (ISBN)

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Principles of
Lightning Physics presents and discusses the most up-to-date physical
concepts that govern many lightning events in nature, including lightning
interactions with man-made structures, at a level suitable for researchers,
advanced students and well-educated lightning enthusiasts.   

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Principles of
Lightning Physics presents and discusses the most up-to-date physical
concepts that govern many lightning events in nature, including lightning
interactions with man-made structures. Historically, lightning research has
been the science of observations, using continuously improving tools. The
quality of new lightning observations and measurements has greatly improved
during the past 30 years, due to newly developed tools, technology and
techniques. Significant progress has also been achieved in the physical
understanding of lightning processes during the same period. This book presents
the current understanding of lightning physics at a level suitable for
researchers, advanced students and well-educated lightning enthusiasts.

The author's approach to understanding lightning – to seek
out, and show what is common to all lightning flashes – is illustrated by an
analysis of each type of lightning and the multitude of lightning-related
features. Using this approach, the book examines the work that has gone into
the development of new physical concepts, and provides critical evaluations of
the existing understanding of the physics of lightning and the lexicon of terms
and definitions presently used in lightning research. While referring to the
influence of plasma physics in many parts of the book, it also shows that the
principles of lightning physics, based on the laws of electrostatics, are
sufficient for the interpretation of most lightning features observed and
measured during field studies in nature. 

Autor

Vladislav Mazur has been a physicist at the National Severe Storms Laboratory in Norman, Oklahoma, a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, since 1984. His research interests include lightning physics, lightning-aircraft interactions, computer simulations of lightning processes, interaction of lightning with ground structures, and lightning protection and its physical aspects. He was a pioneer of high-speed photography of lightning in the early 1990s.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 31.12.2016
• Reihe/Serie: IOP Expanding Physics
• Reihe/Serie: IOP Expanding Physics
• Reihe/Serie: IOP Expanding Physics
• Reihe/Serie: IOP Expanding Physics
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• Zusatzinfo: With figures in colour and black and white
• Verlagsort: Bristol
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 180 x 180 mm
• Gewicht: 169 g
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften
• ISBN-10: 0-7503-1152-5 / 0750311525
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7503-1152-6 / 9780750311526