Lightning and climate: A review |
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Authors: | E.R. Williams |
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Affiliation: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA |
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Abstract: | Research on regional and global lightning activity and the global electrical circuit is summarized. This area of activity has greatly expanded through observations of lightning by satellite and through increased use of the natural (Schumann) resonances of the Earth–ionosphere cavity. The global electrical circuit provides a natural framework for monitoring global change on many time scales. Lightning is responsive to temperature on many time scales, but the sensitivity to temperature appears to diminish at the longer time scales. |
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Keywords: | Lightning Climate Global change Global circuit Schumann resonances |
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