LeBlanc F., Aplin K.L., Yair Y., Harrison R.G., Lebreton J.P., Blanc M. Planetary Atmospheric Electricity

Springer Science+Business Media, 2008, Pages: 532
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.ForewordPlanetary Atmospheric ElectricityIntroductory Overviews
Investigating Earth’s Atmospheric Electricity: a Role Model for Planetary Studies
Updated Review of Planetary Atmospheric Electricity
Physical Processes Related to Discharges in Planetary Atmospheres
An Overview of Earth’s Global Electric Circuit and Atmospheric Conductivity
Ions in the Terrestrial Atmosphere and Other Solar System Atmospheres
Charge Generation and Separation Processes
Physics of Electric Discharges in Atmospheric Gases: An Informal IntroductionIonisation Processes In Planetary Atmospheres
Cosmic Ray Induced Ion Production in the Atmosphere
Meteoric Layers in Planetary Atmospheres
Profiles of Ion and Aerosol Interactions in Planetary Atmospheres
Composition and Measurement of Charged Atmospheric Clusters
Atmospheric Ions and Aerosol Formation
Tropospheric New Particle Formation and the Role of IonsMeasurements Effects And Hazards Of Thunderstorms And Lightning
Ground-Based and Space-Based Radio Observations of Planetary Lightning
Atmospheric Electricity at Saturn
Atmospheric Electricity Hazards
Electrical Effects on Atmospheric ChemistryNew Missions
TARANIS—A Satellite Project Dedicated to the Physics of TLEs and TGFs
Lightning Detection by LAC Onboard the Japanese Venus Climate Orbiter, Planet-C
CHARGE GENERATION AND SEPARATION
Charge Separation Mechanisms in Clouds
Charge Structure and Dynamics in Thunderstorms
Formation of Charge Layers in the Planetary Atmospheres
Electrical Charging of Volcanic Plumes
Electrical Activity and Dust Lifting on Earth, Mars, and Beyond
The Charging of Planetary RingsElectromagnetic Signatures Of Discharges In The Atmosphere
Schumann Resonances as a Means of Investigating the Electromagnetic Environment
in the Solar System
Blue Jets: Upward Lightning
VLF Studies During TLE Occurrences in Europe: A Summary of New Findings
DEMETER Observations of EM Emissions Related to Thunderstorms
On ULF Signatures of Lightning Discharges