Lightning in the tropics : from a source of fire to a monitoring system of climatic changes

Lightning in the tropics : from a source of fire to a monitoring system of climatic changes / Osmar Pinto, Jr.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Pinto, Osmar
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Nova Science Publishers, ©2009.
Series:	Climate change and its causes, effects, and prediction series.
Subjects:	Lightning > Tropics > Observations. Global warming. global warming. SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Meteorology & Climatology. Climatology Global warming Lightning Tropics > Climate. Tropics Observations
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Table of Contents:

Types of lightning
Lightning occurrence on Earth
Basic Concepts
Ground lightning
Cloud lightning
Observations by satellites
Optical sensors
Observations
Observations by lightning location systems
Lightning location system techniques
LLS in the tropical region
Detection efficiency models for LLS
Observations
Flash density
Peak curre
Multiplicity
Comparison with total lightning observations by satellites
Comparison with LLS observations in the temperate region
Observations by other techniques
Magnetic and electric field single devices
High-speed cameras
Instrumented towers
Rocket-and-wire
VLF measurements
Lightning and global warming
Climate changes and global warming
Lightning contribution to global warming
Lightning response to global warming.