ATMO/ECE 489/589 -
Atmospheric Electricity
Selected References
There is no textbook requirement for this class. Rather
detailed online lecture notes will be provided after each
class. There may be links to additional reference material
embedded in the lecture notes.
+ "The
Art and Science of Lightning Protection," Martin A. Uman,
Cambridge University Press, 2008.
(paperback version 2010)
+
"Lightning: Physics and Effects," Vladimir Rakov and Martin A.
Uman,
Cambridge University Press, 2003.
(paperback version with
corrections 2006)
x "The Lightning Flash," Ed. by Vernon
Cooray,
IEE Press (London),
2003.
x "Lightning Physics and Lightning Protection,"
Eduard M. Bazelyn and
Yuri
P. Raizer, IOP Publishing, Ltd., 2000.
* "The Electrical Nature of Storms," Donald R.
MacGorman and W. David
Rust, Oxford University Press, 1998.
* "The Lightning Discharge," Martin A. Uman,
Academic
Press, 1987.
Reissued by Dover Publications
Inc., 2001.
* "The Earth's Electrical Environment,"
National Academy of
Sciences, 1986.
(available online at
www.nap.edu/books/0309036801/html/)
*
"Lightning
and
Its Spectrum," Leon E. Salanave, Univ. Az. Press, 1980.
* "Lightning," Vol. 1: Physics of Lightning,
Vol. 2:
Lightning
Protection, ed. by R. H. Golde, Academic Press, 1977.
* "Lightning Protection," R. H. Golde,
Edward Arnold, London, 1973. Reprinted by CRC
Press,
1974.
* "Atmospheric Electricity," H. Israel,
Vol. I, Fundamentals
Conducitivity, Ions
Vol. II, Fields, Charges Currents
Translated from German by the National Science Foundation,
1971
and 1973.
* "Lightning," Martin A. Uman, McGraw Hill
Book
Co., New York,
1969.
Reissued by Dover Publications,
Inc., New York, 1984.
* "Atmospheric Electricity," J. A.
Chalmers, 2nd ed., Pergamon Press,
London, 1967.
* "The Flight of Thunderbolts," Sir Basil
Schonland,
2nd ed., Clarendon
Press, Oxford, 1964.
*
should
be
available for short term checkout in the Atmospheric Sciences
Dept. library (Room 546)
x unavailable
+ available for short term loan from instructor