Lightning Electromagnetics

New York: Hemisphere Pub., 1990. First Edition, First Printing. Small quarto with blue and white pictorial boards; x, 540 pages: illustrations; index; 27 cm. Very good (+); some mild exterior rubbing and coffee stains to book block edges; else clean and tight. Hardcover. ISBN: 9780891169888, 0891169881

A survey of theoretical and experimental research, this book covers all areas of lightning phenomenology.Contents: MODELS OF FUNDAMENTAL LIGHTNING PROCESSES: Properties of lightning-leader pulses / C. E. Baum. Analytic return-stroke transmission-line model / C. E. Baum and L. Baker. An introduction to leader tip modeling / C. E. Baum and R. L. Gardner. Lightning return stroke: a numerical calculation of the optical radiation / A.H. Paxton, R. L. Gardner, and L. Baker. Return-stroke transmission line model / L. Baker. Natural frequencies of a post with a lightning return stroke / F. C. Yang and K. S. H. Lee. Motion of ion clouds in air / C. E. Baum. Return-stroke initiation / C. E. Baum. PROPAGATION OF LIGHTNING-INDUCED SIGNALS: Review of propagation effects for pulse transmission / J. R. Wait. Effect of the propagation path on lightning-induced transient fields / R. L Gardner. MEASUREMENT OF LIGHTNING PARAMETERS Submicrosecond risetimes in lightning return-stroke fields / C. D. Weidman and E. R Krider. The fine structure of lightning return-stroke waveforms / C. D. Weidman and E. R Krider. Observation of lightning in the frequency and time domains / J.E. Nanevicz, E. F. Vance, and J. M. Hamm. UHF-VHF radiation from lightning / M. Le Boulch, J. Hamelin, and C. Weidman. A study of lightning initiation based on VHF radiation / J.P. Moreau and P. L. Rustan. On the interception of the lightning discharge / V. Scuka et al. Electromagnetic properties of lightning channels formation and propagation / G. Labaune, P. Richard, and A. Bondieu. electromagnetic Measurement and Location of Lightning / C. E. Baum et al. Experimental study of the electromagnetic characteristics of lightning discharge in the 200 Hz-20 MHz band / C. Leteinturier and J. Hamelin. Simultaneous measurement of current, electromagnetic fields, and optical emission from a lightning stroke / L. Baker et al. LIGHTNING INTERACTION WITH SYSTEMS: Current and voltage induced on a telecommunications cable by a lightning stroke / A. Zeddam and P. Degauque. New results for quantification of lightning/aircraft electrodynamics / F. L. Pitts et al. Analysis of correlated electromagnetic fields and current pulses during airborne lightning attachments / J. S. Reazer et al. Lightning response of aircraft / F. C. Yang et al. Comparison of published hemp and natural lightning on the surface of an aircraft / R. L. Gardner et al.