Abstract

Tutorial: Basic Electricity and Magnetism 1. Overview of the Electrical Nature of the Earth's Atmosphere 2. Electrified Non-Thunderstorm Clouds 3. Introduction to the Electrical Nature of Thunderstorms 4. Corona and Point Discharge 5. Lightning 6. Instruments 7. Observations of the Electrical Characteristics of Thunderstorms, Part 1 8. Observations of the Electrical Characteristics of Thunderstorms, Part 2 9. Numerical Models of Thunderstorm Electrification 10. Electrical Effects on Cloud Microphysics