Ball Lightning : An Unsolved Problem in Atmospheric Physics

An Unsolved Problem in Atmospheric Physics

By: Mark Stenhoff

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Hardcover | 1 January 1999

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Down comes a deluge of sonorous hail, Or prone-descending rain. Wide-rent, the clouds Pour a whole flood, and yet, its flame unquenched, Th'unconquerable lightning struggles through. Ragged and fierce, or in red whirling balls, And fires the mountains with redoubled rage. Black from the stroke, above, the smould'ring pine Stands a sad shattered trunk; and, stretched below, A lifeless group the blasted cattle lie. James Thompson, "The Seasons" (1727) have been investigating ball lightning for more than two decades. I published a ball lightning report in Nature in 1976 that received worldwide publicity and I consequently many people wrote to me with accounts of their own experiences. Within a very short time, I had accumulated about 200 firsthand accounts, and the file has continued to grow steadily since then. Several things impressed me. Few of those who wrote to me had any detailed foreknowledge of ball lightning at the time of their observation. Nonetheless, once reports of other phenomena such as St. Elmo's fire had been eliminated, the remaining descriptions were remarkably consistent. Furthermore, nearly all who contacted me were keen to have an explanation of what they had seen and seemed entirely sincere.

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The Study of Ball Lightning	p. 1
Thunderstorms and Lightning	p. 23
Phenomena that May Be Mistaken for Ball Lightning	p. 39
Assessment of Electrical, Thermal, and Mechanical Risks	p. 55
Assessment of Risk of Death or Injury by Ball Lightning	p. 73
Assessment of Risk to Buildings	p. 95
Assessment of Risk to Aircraft	p. 109
Assessment of Risk to Trees	p. 123
Photographs and Videotapes	p. 129
The Existence of Ball Lightning	p. 163
Ball Lightning Theories and Experiments	p. 179
Models Based on an Internal Energy Source	p. 197
Models Based on an External Energy Source	p. 225
Conclusions and Recommendations	p. 239
Ball Lightning Questionnaire	p. 243
App. B Glossary	p. 249
App. C Bibliography	p. 265
Index	p. 345
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