Ball Lightning and Bead Lightning

Extreme Forms of Atmospheric Electricity

James Barry (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

298 Seiten

2010 | Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 1980
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
978-1-4419-3200-6 (ISBN)

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The purpose of this monograph is to review the known physical aspects of two unusual forms of atmospheric luminous phenomena, to deduce their characteristics and properties, and to promote efforts to improve their understanding. These two forms, called ball lightning and bead lightning, have visual images that differ from the linear image associated with normallightning. The terms "balliightning" and "bead lightning" are used to denote atmospheric luminous forms which are occasionally observed and have the geometrie shape suggested by their name. Vet, it is possible that neither phenomenon may in fact be a form of lightning in the sense of a continuous electrical discharge. Bead lightning has been described as the residue of a cloud-to cloud or cloud-to-ground lightning stroke and has the appearance of aseries of luminous balls separated by dark regions, thus resembling astring of pearls, and remains visible for about one second. Ball lightning has been described as a single luminous globe appearing ne ar the ground after a lightning stroke and also remaining visible for about one second. Both phenomena remain visible far longer than normal lightning flashes.

1. Introduction.- 2. Bead Lightning.- 3. Ball Lightning.- 4. Deduced Characteristics of Ball Lightning.- 5. Ball Lightning Photographs.- 6. Skepticism.- 7. Laboratory Ball Lightning.- 8. Bibliography.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	1.12.2010
Zusatzinfo	X, 298 p.
Verlagsort	New York, NY
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Meteorologie / Klimatologie
ISBN-10	1-4419-3200-3 / 1441932003
ISBN-13	978-1-4419-3200-6 / 9781441932006
Zustand	Neuware