Lightning: Principles, Instruments and Applications Review of Modern Lightning Research - Betz, Hans Dieter; Schumann, Ulrich; Laroche, Pierre; SpringerLink (Online service) (Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2009)
Present Understanding of the Lightning Return Stroke -- Triggered Lightning -- Electric Field and Charge Structure in Lightning-Producing Clouds -- Characteristics of Lightning in Supercells -- LINET - An International VLF/LF Lightning Detection Network in Europe -- LAMPINET - Lightning Detection in Italy -- Lightning Detection in Spain: The Particular Case of Catalonia -- Spatial Distribution and Frequency of Thunderstorms and Lightning in Australia -- Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Observations in Brazil -- Observation and Interpretation of Lightning Flashes with Electromagnetic Lightning Mapper -- Nowcasting of Thunderstorms Using VHF Measurements -- Optical Detection of Lightning from Space -- Space- and Ground-Based Studies of Lightning Signatures -- Lightning Measurements from Satellites and Significance for Storms in the Mediterranean -- Energetic Radiation and Lightning -- Schumann Resonance Signatures of Global Lightning Activity -- The Meteorological and Electrical Structure of TLE-Producing Convective Storms -- Infrasound from Lightning and Sprites -- Lightning in the Mediterranean in Relation with Cloud Microphysical Parameters -- Lightning and Precipitation -- Comparative Analysis of Flash and Radar Characteristics of Thunderstorm Cells -- Lightning Characteristics of Extreme Weather Events -- Flash Cells in Thunderstorms -- Thunderstorms, Lightning and Climate Change -- Impact of Lightning on Air Chemistry and Climate -- Lightning and NO X Production in Global Models -- Lightning Protection of Structures.
Keywords: Atmospheric sciences; Geophysics; Environmental sciences; Atmospheric Sciences; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Environmental Physics