Introduction to Atmospheric Electricity

Lecture 1 – Global Electrical Circuit

Lecture 2 – The Electrical Experiments of Benjamin Franklin

Electrostatics Review and Applications

Lecture 3 – Electrostatics Review Pt. 1

Lecture 4 – Electrostatics Review Pt. 2

Lecture 5 – Fast and Slow E Field Antennas, E Field Enhancement

Atmospheric Currents and Conductivity

Lecture  6 – Electrical Currents, Mobility, and Conductivity

Lecture 7 – Conductivity Meters and Ion Counters

Lecture 8 – Atmospheric Ionization and Small Ions

Lecture 9 – Cosmic Rays and Small Ion Balance Equations

Lecture 10 – Small Ion Attachment to Particles

Cloud Electrification and the Electric Structure of Thunderstorm Clouds

Supplementary Lecture – Cold Clouds

Lecture 11 – Cloud Electrification and the Distribution of Charge in Thunderstorms

Lecture 12 – Locating Electric Charge Centers in Thunderstorms

Lecture 13 – The Maxwell Current

Lightning

Lecture 14 – Lightning Phenomenology Pt. 1

Lecture 15 – Lightning Phenomenology Pt. 2

Lecture 16 – Lightning Currents

Lecture 17 – Lightning Current Models and Determining Lightning Currents from

Remote Field Measurements

Lecture 18 – Experimental Test of the Transmission Line Model

Lecture 18a – Lightning Spectroscopy and Thunder

Lightning Protection

Lecture 19 – The Nearest Neighbor Probability Distribution

Lecture 20 – Lightning Protection of Structures

Lecture 21 – Lightning Protection of Electronic Systems

 
Lightning Detection and Location

Lecture 22 – Ground Based Lightning Locating Systems Pt. 1

Lecture 23 – Ground Based Lightning Locating Systems Pt. 2

Lecture 24 – Ground Based Optical Measurements of Lightning

Lecture 25 – Satellite Observations of Lightning