Introduction to Health Physics

Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Present Understanding of the Lightning Return Stroke....Pages 1-21
Triggered Lightning....Pages 23-56
Electric Field and Charge Structure in Lightning-Producing Clouds....Pages 57-82
Characteristics of Lightning in Supercells....Pages 83-114
LINET – An International VLF/LF Lightning Detection Network in Europe....Pages 115-140
LAMPINET – Lightning Detection in Italy....Pages 141-159
Lightning Detection in Spain: The Particular Case of Catalonia....Pages 161-185
Spatial Distribution and Frequency of Thunderstorms and Lightning in Australia....Pages 187-207
Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Observations in Brazil....Pages 209-229
Observation and Interpretation of Lightning Flashes with Electromagnetic Lightning Mapper....Pages 231-251
Nowcasting of Thunderstorms Using VHF Measurements....Pages 253-270
Optical Detection of Lightning from Space....Pages 271-286
Space- and Ground-Based Studies of Lightning Signatures....Pages 287-307
Lightning Measurements from Satellites and Significance for Storms in the Mediterranean....Pages 309-329
Energetic Radiation and Lightning....Pages 331-346
Schumann Resonance Signatures of Global Lightning Activity....Pages 347-386
The Meteorological and Electrical Structure of TLE-Producing Convective Storms....Pages 387-415
Infrasound from Lightning and Sprites....Pages 417-432
Lightning in the Mediterranean in Relation with Cloud Microphysical Parameters....Pages 433-446
Lightning and Precipitation....Pages 447-463
Comparative Analysis of Flash and Radar Characteristics of Thunderstorm Cells....Pages 465-486
Lightning Characteristics of Extreme Weather Events....Pages 487-507
Flash Cells in Thunderstorms....Pages 509-520
Thunderstorms, Lightning and Climate Change....Pages 521-535
Impact of Lightning on Air Chemistry and Climate....Pages 537-549
Lightning and NO X Production in Global Models....Pages 551-571
Lightning Protection of Structures....Pages 573-592
Back Matter....Pages 593-641