Ball Lightning And Bead Lightning

Author : James Barry
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 298 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2013-06-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781475717105

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Ball Lightning and Bead Lightning by James Barry Pdf

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.

Author : Stanley Singer
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781468418668

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The Nature of Ball Lightning by Stanley Singer Pdf

In 1837 a comprehensive discussion of lightning appeared in the Annual of the French Bureau des Longitudes with a section on ball lightning which provided for the first time a readily available source in the scientific literature of the basic properties of this curious natural phenomenon. The author, Francois Arago, was the dominant influence in the French Academy of Sciences in the nineteenth century, having become a member of that august body at the age of twenty-three. His attention alone doubtless served at that time to establish the validity of scientific interest in the problem. In addition his discussion covered some of the major questions associated with ball lightning in a nota bly clear-sighted, effective style. Later reconsideration of the same questions often provided no significant improvement over Arago's discussion. There followed a dauntless band of varying but always small number who attempted to account for an apparently simple natural occurrence, a ball of fire usually seen in thunderstorms, with the best knowledge that advancing science could provide. All attempts to deal with this phenomenon were in variably frustrated. The characteristics of ball lightning could be readily cataloged, but they firmly resisted both experimental reproduction and theo retical explanation. One may say that to this day there is no explanation accepted by a large number of scientists. Several investigators of great ability and considerable accomplishment in different fields of science, including Faraday, Kelvin, and Arrhenius, took note of the problem.

Author : Warren D. Rayle
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1966
Category : Ball lightning
ISBN : UIUC:30112106598805

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Ball Lightning Characteristics by Warren D. Rayle Pdf

Author : Y H Ohtsuki
Publisher : World Scientific
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1989-08-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789814644105

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Science of Ball Lightning by Y H Ohtsuki Pdf

This is the first proceedings held on scientific research on the ball lightning (fire ball). Eyewitness accounts of bars lightnings were presented and analysed by experts from USA, Germany, USSR, Hungary and Japan. The theoretical model on the ball lightning, and experimental research from various instruments were discussed. Contents:Ball Lightning — The Continuing Challenge (J D Barry & S Singer)Hungarian Ball Lightning Observations in 1987 (G Egely)Nature of Ball Lightning in Japan (Y H Ohtsuki & H Ofuruton)Phenomenological and Psychological Analysis of 150 Austrian Ball Lightning Reports (A G Keul & K Schwarzenbacher)Physical Problems and Physical Properties of Ball Lightning (G Egely)Statistical Analysis of the Ball Lightning Properties (A I Grigorjev et al)A Fluid-Dynamical Model for Ball Lightning and Bead Lightning (K E Nickel)The Lifetime of Hill's Vortex (K E Nickel)Electrical and Radiative Properties in Ball Lightning (B M Smirnov)The Candle Flame as A Model of Ball Lightning (B M Smirnov)A Model for Ball Lightning (H Yamamoto)The High-Temperature Physio-Chemical Processes in the Lightning Storm Atmosphere (G P Gladyshev)New Approach to Ball Lightning (P H Handel)A Calculation of Electric Field of Ball Lightning (T Neda et al)The Physical Explanation to the UFO over Xinjiang, Northern West China (Y Zou)Electric Reconnection, Critical Ionization Velocity, Ponderomotive Force and Their Applications to Triggered and Ball Lightning (H Kikuchi)The PLASMAKTM Configuration and Ball Lightning (P M Koloc)Experimental Research on Ball Lightning (H Ofuruton & Y H Ohtsuki)Performance of High-Voltage Test Facility Designed for Investigation of Ball Lightning (G C Dijkhuis & J Pijpelink) Readership: Applied physicists, geophysicists, chemists and electromagnetic engineers.

Author : Herbert Boerner
Publisher : Springer
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-03
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783030207830

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Ball Lightning by Herbert Boerner Pdf

Ball lightning is an enigma. These luminous objects that appear occasionally during thunderstorms and can reach several meters in diameter have been a mystery to science for about 200 years. Despite several thousands of reported observations, their nature is still unknown. In this book, well documented cases of ball lightning are described and used to unravel some aspects of this mysterious form of atmospheric electricity. Throughout the book, the author discusses the various facets of the problem in an accessible but rigorous style, delivering a readable and informative text that will captivate the curious reader. He finally reaches the surprising conclusion that the solution to this puzzle may have been hidden in plain sight for many years. A foreword by Earle Williams, leading lightning researcher at MIT, introduces the book.

Author : Karl Nickel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 37 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:219850093

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A Model for Ball Lightning and Bead Lightning by Karl Nickel Pdf

Author : Mark Stenhoff
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2005-12-16
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780306470929

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Ball Lightning by Mark Stenhoff Pdf

Down comes a deluge of sonorous hail, Or prone-descending rain. Wide-rent, the clouds Pour a whole flood, and yet, its flame unquenched, Th’unconquerable lightning struggles through. Ragged and fierce, or in red whirling balls, And fires the mountains with redoubled rage. Black from the stroke, above, the smould’ring pine Stands a sad shattered trunk; and, stretched below, A lifeless group the blasted cattle lie. James Thompson, “The Seasons” (1727) have been investigating ball lightning for more than two decades. I published a ball lightning report in Nature in 1976 that received worldwide publicity and I consequently many people wrote to me with accounts of their own experiences. Within a very short time, I had accumulated about 200 firsthand accounts, and the file has continued to grow steadily since then. Several things impressed me. Few of those who wrote to me had any detailed foreknowledge of ball lightning at the time of their observation. Nonetheless, once reports of other phenomena such as St. Elmo’s fire had been eliminated, the remaining descriptions were remarkably consistent. Furthermore, nearly all who contacted me were keen to have an explanation of what they had seen and seemed entirely sincere.

Author : RITCHIE DONALD J.
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 70 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 1995-12-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 0306105098

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Ball Lightning by RITCHIE DONALD J. Pdf

Author : Martin A. Uman
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1986-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780486252377

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All about Lightning by Martin A. Uman Pdf

Answers questions about Franklin's experiment, lightning rods, safety considerations, property damage, ball lightning, thunder, and thunderstorms

Author : Peter Francis Coleman
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Ball lightning
ISBN : 0473048272

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Ball Lightning by Peter Francis Coleman Pdf

Author : Vladimir L. Bychkov
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-08-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783031078613

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Natural and Artificial Ball Lightning in the Earth’s Atmosphere by Vladimir L. Bychkov Pdf

The monograph is devoted to ball lightning (BL) observed in natural conditions in the air and artificial BL, long-lived luminous formations (LLF), usually obtained in laboratories experimentally. Joint consideration of artificial and natural BL emphasizes the need for a comprehensive analysis of such complex objects. It is the description of the study of the properties of artificial BL and LLF in the end of 20th and 21st centuries that allows the reader to better understand what and how can be experimentally simulated.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Atmospheric electricity
ISBN : PSU:000026290959

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Proceedings of the 1992 International Aerospace and Ground Conference on Lightning and Static Electricity by Anonim Pdf

Author : Mark Stenhoff
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1999-10-31
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780306461507

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Ball Lightning by Mark Stenhoff Pdf

Down comes a deluge of sonorous hail, Or prone-descending rain. Wide-rent, the clouds Pour a whole flood, and yet, its flame unquenched, Th’unconquerable lightning struggles through. Ragged and fierce, or in red whirling balls, And fires the mountains with redoubled rage. Black from the stroke, above, the smould’ring pine Stands a sad shattered trunk; and, stretched below, A lifeless group the blasted cattle lie. James Thompson, “The Seasons” (1727) have been investigating ball lightning for more than two decades. I published a ball lightning report in Nature in 1976 that received worldwide publicity and I consequently many people wrote to me with accounts of their own experiences. Within a very short time, I had accumulated about 200 firsthand accounts, and the file has continued to grow steadily since then. Several things impressed me. Few of those who wrote to me had any detailed foreknowledge of ball lightning at the time of their observation. Nonetheless, once reports of other phenomena such as St. Elmo’s fire had been eliminated, the remaining descriptions were remarkably consistent. Furthermore, nearly all who contacted me were keen to have an explanation of what they had seen and seemed entirely sincere.

Author : Hans Volland
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 424 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1995-04-27
Category : Science
ISBN : 0849386470

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Handbook of Atmospheric Electrodynamics by Hans Volland Pdf

The participation of such diverse scientific and technical disciplines as meteorology, astronomy, atmospheric electricity, ionospheric and magnetospheric physics, electromagnetic wave propagation, and radio techniques in the research of atmospherics means that results are published in scientific papers widely spread throughout the literature. This Handbook collects the latest knowledge on atmospherics and presents it in two volumes. Each chapter is written by an expert in his or her field. Topics include the physics of thunderclouds, thunder, global atmospheric electric currents, biological aspects of sferics, and various space techniques for detecting lightning within our own atmosphere as well as in the atmospheres of other planets. Up-to-date applications and methodology are detailed. Volumes I and II offer a comprehensive discussion that together will serve as an important resource for practitioners, professionals, and students alike.

Author : Vladimir A. Rakov,Martin A. Uman
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007-01-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781107268555

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Lightning by Vladimir A. Rakov,Martin A. Uman Pdf

Lightning: Physics and Effects is the first book that covers essentially all aspects of lightning, including lightning physics, lightning protection and the interaction of lightning with a variety of objects and systems as well as with the environment. It is written in a style that will be accessible to the technical non-expert and is addressed to anyone interested in lightning and its effects. This will include physicists, engineers working in the power, communications, computer and aviation industries, meteorologists, atmospheric chemists, foresters, ecologists, physicians working in the area of electrical trauma and architects. This comprehensive reference volume contains over 300 illustrations, 70 tables containing quantitative information and a bibliography of more than 6000 references.