Electrifying atmospheres : charging, ionisation and lightning in the solar system and beyond /

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Author / Creator:	Aplin, Karen L.
Imprint:	Dordrecht ; New York : Springer, c2013.
Description:	1 online resource.
Language:	English
Series:	SpringerBriefs in astronomy, 2191-9100 SpringerBriefs in Astronomy.
Subject:	Atmospheric electricity. Planets -- Atmospheres. Atmospheric electricity. Planets -- Atmospheres.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9851104

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ISBN:	9789400766334 (electronic bk.) 9400766335 (electronic bk.) 9789400766327
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references.
Summary:	Electrical processes take place in all planetary atmospheres. There is evidence for lightning on Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, it is possible on Mars and Titan, and cosmic rays ionise every atmosphere, leading to charged droplets and particles. Controversy surrounds the role of atmospheric electricity in physical climate processes on Earth; here, a comparative approach is employed to review the role of electrification in the atmospheres of other planets and their moons. This book reviews the theory, and, where available, measurements, of planetary atmospheric electricity, taken t

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