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Lightning in the Tropics : From a Source of Fire to a Monitoring System of Climatic Changes.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Climate Change and Its Causes, Effects and Prediction SeriesPublisher: New York : Nova Science Publishers, Incorporated, 2009Copyright date: ©2009Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (121 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781617285318
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Lightning in the TropicsDDC classification:
  • 551.56/320913
LOC classification:
  • QC966 -- .P56 2009eb
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- LIGHTNING IN THE TROPICS: FROM ASOURCE OF FIRE TO A MONITORINGSYSTEM OF CLIMATIC CHANGES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. TYPES OF LIGHTNING -- 1.2. LIGHTNING OCCURRENCE ON EARTH -- BASIC CONCEPTS -- 2.1. GROUND LIGHTNING -- 2.2. CLOUD LIGHTNING -- SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS -- 3.1. OPTICAL SENSORS -- 3.2. OBSERVATIONS -- OBSERVATIONS BY LIGHTNINGLOCATION SYSTEMS -- 4.1. LIGHTNING LOCATION SYSTEM TECHNIQUES -- 4.2. LLS IN THE TROPICAL REGION -- 4.3. DETECTION EFFICIENCY MODELS FOR LLS -- 4.4. OBSERVATIONS -- 4.4.1. Flash Density -- 4.4.2. Peak Current -- 4.4.3. Multiplicity -- 4.4.4. Comparison with Total Lightning Observations by Satellites -- 4.4.5. Comparison with LLS Observations in the Temperate Region -- OBSERVATIONS BY OTHER TECHNIQUES -- 5.1. MAGNETIC AND ELECTRIC FIELD SINGLE DEVICES -- 5.2. HIGH-SPEED CAMERAS -- 5.3. ROCKET-AND-WIRE -- 5.4. VLF MEASUREMENTS -- LIGHTNING AND GLOBAL WARMING -- 6.1. CLIMATE CHANGES AND GLOBAL WARMING -- 6.2. LIGHTNING CONTRIBUTION TO GLOBAL WARMING -- 6.3. LIGHTNING RESPONSE TO GLOBAL WARMING -- FINAL REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.
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Intro -- LIGHTNING IN THE TROPICS: FROM ASOURCE OF FIRE TO A MONITORINGSYSTEM OF CLIMATIC CHANGES -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- INTRODUCTION -- 1.1. TYPES OF LIGHTNING -- 1.2. LIGHTNING OCCURRENCE ON EARTH -- BASIC CONCEPTS -- 2.1. GROUND LIGHTNING -- 2.2. CLOUD LIGHTNING -- SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS -- 3.1. OPTICAL SENSORS -- 3.2. OBSERVATIONS -- OBSERVATIONS BY LIGHTNINGLOCATION SYSTEMS -- 4.1. LIGHTNING LOCATION SYSTEM TECHNIQUES -- 4.2. LLS IN THE TROPICAL REGION -- 4.3. DETECTION EFFICIENCY MODELS FOR LLS -- 4.4. OBSERVATIONS -- 4.4.1. Flash Density -- 4.4.2. Peak Current -- 4.4.3. Multiplicity -- 4.4.4. Comparison with Total Lightning Observations by Satellites -- 4.4.5. Comparison with LLS Observations in the Temperate Region -- OBSERVATIONS BY OTHER TECHNIQUES -- 5.1. MAGNETIC AND ELECTRIC FIELD SINGLE DEVICES -- 5.2. HIGH-SPEED CAMERAS -- 5.3. ROCKET-AND-WIRE -- 5.4. VLF MEASUREMENTS -- LIGHTNING AND GLOBAL WARMING -- 6.1. CLIMATE CHANGES AND GLOBAL WARMING -- 6.2. LIGHTNING CONTRIBUTION TO GLOBAL WARMING -- 6.3. LIGHTNING RESPONSE TO GLOBAL WARMING -- FINAL REMARKS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.

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