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The lightning discharge

Book ·
OSTI ID:6034022
This book presents the following contents: Introduction. Lighting. Phenomenology. Cloud and Lightning Charges. Preliminary Breakdown. Stepped Leader. Attachment Process. Return Stroke. Dart Leader. Continuing Current. J- and K-Processes in Discharges to Ground. Positive Lightning. Upward Lightning and the Artificial Initiation of Lightning. Cloud Discharges. Lightning on Other Planets. Thunder. Appendix A: Electromagnetics. Appendix B: Statistics. Appendix C: Experimental Techniques. Appendix D: Books Containing Information on Lightning. Index.
OSTI ID:
6034022
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English