The objective of this book is to discuss our present understanding of atmospheric electricity at Earth and on the other planets of our solar system. The book is organized into chapter which are Introduction, Ionisation processes in Planetary Atmospheres, Measurements and effects of thunderstorms and lightning, New missions, Hazards and atmospheric effects, Charging formation, Electromagnetic signature of discharge in the atmosphere. The book is organized in order to openly discuss of all issues related to atmospheric electricity applied to our solar system planets. Part of the contrinutors are experts of atmospheric electricity who will describe the present understanding of this phenomena at the Earth and another part correspond to experts of planetary science working either on instrument developments aiming to observe the atmospheric electricity on other planets or on theoretical models of planetary atmospheric electricity.
Author(s): F. LeBlanc, K.L. Aplin, Y. Yair, R.G. Harrison, J.P. Lebreton, M. Blanc
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2008
Language: English
Pages: 521
Tags: Науки о Земле;Метеорология и климатология;Физико-химические процессы в атмосфере. Методы измерений;
Contents......Page 4
Foreword......Page 7
Planetary Atmospheric Electricity......Page 10
Investigating Earth's Atmospheric Electricity: a Role Model for Planetary Studies......Page 16
Updated Review of Planetary Atmospheric Electricity......Page 33
Physical Processes Related to Discharges in Planetary Atmospheres......Page 54
An Overview of Earth's Global Electric Circuit and Atmospheric Conductivity......Page 86
Ions in the Terrestrial Atmosphere and Other Solar System Atmospheres......Page 109
Charge Generation and Separation Processes......Page 121
Physics of Electric Discharges in Atmospheric Gases: An Informal Introduction......Page 134
Cosmic Ray Induced Ion Production in the Atmosphere......Page 150
Meteoric Layers in Planetary Atmospheres......Page 175
Profiles of Ion and Aerosol Interactions in Planetary Atmospheres......Page 192
Composition and Measurement of Charged Atmospheric Clusters......Page 211
Atmospheric Ions and Aerosol Formation......Page 223
Tropospheric New Particle Formation and the Role of Ions......Page 238
Ground-Based and Space-Based Radio Observations of Planetary Lightning......Page 253
Atmospheric Electricity at Saturn......Page 266
Atmospheric Electricity Hazards......Page 281
Electrical Effects on Atmospheric Chemistry......Page 289
TARANIS—A Satellite Project Dedicated to the Physics of TLEs and TGFs......Page 294
Lightning Detection by LAC Onboard the Japanese Venus Climate Orbiter, Planet-C......Page 309
Charge Separation Mechanisms in Clouds......Page 327
Charge Structure and Dynamics in Thunderstorms......Page 346
Formation of Charge Layers in the Planetary Atmospheres......Page 364
Electrical Activity and Dust Lifting on Earth, Mars, and Beyond......Page 409
The Charging of Planetary Rings......Page 425
Schumann Resonances as a Means of Investigating the Electromagnetic Environment in the Solar System......Page 444
Blue Jets: Upward Lightning......Page 461
VLF Studies During TLE Occurrences in Europe: A Summary of New Findings......Page 477
DEMETER Observations of EM Emissions Related to Thunderstorms......Page 499
On ULF Signatures of Lightning Discharges......Page 508
