This Handbook collects the latest knowledge on atmospherics and presents it in two volumes. Each chapter is written by an expert in his or her field. Topics include the physics of thunderclouds, thunder, global atmospheric electric currents, biological aspects of sferics, and various space techniques for detecting lightning within our own atmosphere as well as in the atmospheres of other planets.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Acoustic Radiation from Lightning 2. Lightning Protection 3. Longwave Sferics Propagation Within the Atmospheric Waveguide 4. Electromagnetic Noise due to Earthquakes 5. Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Man-Made Noise, Atmospherics, and Small Ions 6. Electromagnetic Effects of Nuclear Explosions, 7. Whistlers 8. Ionospheric F-Region Storms 9. Ionospheric Electrodynamics 10. Power Line Harmonic Radiation: Sources and Environmental Effects 11. Magnetospheric Configuration, 12. Magnetospheric Electric Fields and Currents 13. Magnetospheric LF- VLF-, and ELF-Waves 14. ULF Pulsations