Atmospheric Electricity
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Atmospheric Electricity

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
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Atmospheric Electricity

About this book

Atmospheric Electricity brings together numerous studies on various aspects of atmospheric electricity. This book is composed of 13 chapters that cover the main problems in the field, including the maintenance of the negative charge on the earth and the origin of the charges in thunderstorms. After a brief overview of the historical developments of atmospheric electricity, this book goes on dealing with the general principles, results, methods, and the MKS system of the field. The succeeding chapters are devoted to some aspects of electricity in the atmosphere, such as the occurrence and detection of ions, the air-Earth conduction current, and point-discharge and precipitation currents. These topics are followed by discussions on the maintenance of the Earth's charge; the correlation of Earth's charge with thunderstorm activity and current; and mechanism of charge transfer in nonstormy rain and snow. The concluding chapters consider the phenomena of thunder cloud and the lightning discharge. These chapters also examine various theories in understanding the separation of Earth's charge. This book will be of value to physicists, atmospheric scientists, and researchers in the allied fields.

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Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Atmospheric Electricity
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. PREFACE
  6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  7. CHAPTER 1. Historical Survey
  8. CHAPTER 2. General Principles and Results
  9. CHAPTER 3. The Ions in the Atmosphere
  10. CHAPTER 4. The Earth's Vertical Potential Gradient
  11. CHAPTER 5. The Conductivity of the Air
  12. CHAPTER 6. The Air-Earth Conduction Current
  13. CHAPTER 7. Point-Discharge Currents
  14. CHAPTER 8. Precipitation Currents
  15. CHAPTER 9. The Transfer of Charge
  16. CHAPTER 10. The Thunder Cloud
  17. CHAPTER 11. The Lightning Discharge
  18. CHAPTER 12. The Separation of Charge
  19. CHAPTER 13. Conclusion
  20. APPENDIX I
  21. APPENDIX II
  22. REFERENCES
  23. INDEX