Abstract
Lightning is a major natural hazard to power companies, civil aviation, wildfire managers, and the public. Lightning results in great economic damage and death every year, but lightning also tells us about the inner working of thunderstorms. Since lightning can be monitored in real time from great distances, lightning may allow us to provide early warnings for other meteorological hazards such as hail storms, flash floods, tornadoes and even hurricanes.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Exploring Natural Hazards |
| Subtitle of host publication | A Case Study Approach |
| Editors | Darius Bartlett, Ramesh Singh |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Publisher | Chapman and Hall/CRC |
| Chapter | 12 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781315166858 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780367571924 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2018 |
Keywords
- lightning
- Lightning activity
- Thunderstorms
- Meteorology and atmospheric dynamics (lightning; ocean-atmosphere interactions)