The Lightning Flash

Vernon Cooray is a leading Professor of lightning research at Uppsala University, where his research interests include experimental and theoretical aspects of electromagnetic compatibility, electromagnetic wave propagation, lightning physics, lightning protection and the physics of electrical discharges. He has published more than 270 scientific articles on lightning and electrical discharges, is the vice president of the scientific committee of the International Conference on Lightning Protection and the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Lightning Research. Professor Cooray has edited three books on lightning with the IET: The Lightning Flash, Lightning Protection and Lightning Electromagnetics.

Chapter 1: Charge structure and geographical variation of thunderclouds
Chapter 2: Thunderstorm electrification mechanisms
Chapter 3: Mechanism of electrical discharges
Chapter 4: Mechanism of the lightning flash
Chapter 5: Features of lightning flashes obtained from high-speed video recordings
Chapter 6: Rocket-and-wire triggered lightning experiments
Chapter 7: Tower initiated lightning discharges
Chapter 8: Computation of electromagnetic fields from lightning discharge
Chapter 9: Return stroke models with special attention to engineering applications
Chapter 10: Return stroke speed models
Chapter 11: On the various approximations to calculate lightning return stroke generated electric and magnetic fields over finitely conducting ground
Chapter 12: Interaction of electromagnetic fields generated by lightning with overhead electrical networks
Chapter 13: Principles of protection of structures against lightning
Chapter 14: Attachment of lightning flashes to grounded structures
Chapter 15: Lightning and EMC
Chapter 16: Electrical aspects of lightning strikes to humans
Chapter 17: Upper atmospheric electrical discharges
Chapter 18: Energetic radiation from thunderstorms and lightning
Chapter 19: Global lightning nitrogen oxides production
Chapter 20: Lightning and global temperature change