| #5808388 in Books | Springer | 2013-05-15 | 2013-05-29 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.25 x.16 x6.10l,.27 | File type: PDF | 57 pages | ||0 of 0 people found the following review helpful.| ... basically an extended review paper (~55 pages) which is fine as far as it goes|By Ralph Lorenz|This is basically an extended review paper (~55 pages) which is fine as far as it goes, discussing charging and ionization in atmospheres. The title is a bit of a misnomer, however, in that the book hardly discusses lightning at all. It's also pretty thin on how you actually meas
Electrical processes take place in all planetary atmospheres. There is evidence for lightning on Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, it is possible on Mars and Titan, and cosmic rays ionise every atmosphere, leading to charged droplets and particles. Controversy surrounds the role of atmospheric electricity in physical climate processes on Earth; here, a comparative approach is employed to review the role of electrification in the atmospheres of other planets ...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your gadget.Electrifying Atmospheres: Charging, Ionisation and Lightning in the Solar System and Beyond (SpringerBriefs in Astronomy) | Karen Aplin. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
