Heinz-Wolfram Kasemir: His Collected Works: Mazur/Heinz-Wolfram Kasemir: His Collected Works

Heinz-Wolfram Kasemir:His Collected Works......Page 1 Copyright Page ......Page 2 Contents ......Page 5 Preface ......Page 7 Introduction Personal Remarks by Lothar H. Ruhnke......Page 9 Document and Commentary Index......Page 11 Atmospheric Electrical Diurnal Variations and Mass Exchange inthe High Mountain Range of the Alps.......Page 20 Section 1. Fair Weather Electricity......Page 19 Atmospheric Electrical Diurnal Variations and Mass Exchange inthe High Mountain Ranges of the Alps.......Page 45 Atmospheric Electric Measurements in the Arctic and Antarctic ......Page 65 Studies regarding the Atmospheric Potential Gradient* IV:Examples for the Behavior of Atmo spheric Electrical Elements in Fog.......Page 77 Studies regarding the Atmospheric Potential Gradient* IV:Regarding the Current Theory of the Atmospheric Electrical Fie ld I**.......Page 92 Studies regarding the Atmospheric Potential Gradient V Regarding the Current Theory of the Atmospheric Electrical Field II.......Page 104 On the Theory of The Atmospheric Electric Circuit Flow, IV ......Page 119 REGARDING THE SHIELDING EFFECT OF BUILDINGSON THE FLUCTUATIONS OF THE ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICAL FIELD......Page 142 How to Measure and Analyze Solar-Terrestrial Weather Relationships ......Page 148 Analytic Solutions of the Problem of Down-Mapping of Electric Fields and Currents of Solar Events to the Earth Surface ......Page 164 On the Electrodynamic Theroy of the Atmospheric Electric Field: The Turbulence Generator.......Page 175 AT WHAT ALTITUDE DOES THE GLOBALATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY CIRCUIT CONNECT?......Page 183 Section 2. Global Circuit......Page 182 The Current Efficiency of the Storm Generator with regard to the Atmospheric Electrical Vertical Current of theFair Weather Areas......Page 194 The Storm as a Generator in the Atmospheric Electrical Circuit I......Page 201 Theoretical Problems of the Global Atmospheric Electric Circuit ......Page 254 Current Budget of the Atmospheric Electric Global Circuit ......Page 271 The Atmospheric Electric Ring Current in the Higher Atmosphere ......Page 279 The Thundercloud ......Page 292 Section 3. Thunderstorm Electricity......Page 291 Charge Distribution in Thunderstorms ......Page 313 Charge Distribution in Thunderstorms ......Page 317 Modification of the Electric field of Thunderstorms ......Page 324 Lightning Suppression by Chaff Seeding ......Page 329 The Behavior of Chaff Fibers in a Thunderstorm and their Effect on the Electric Field ......Page 392 The Effect of Chaff Seeding on Lightning and Electric Fields of Thunderstorms ......Page 396 Accelerated Decay of Thunderstorm Electric Fields by Chaff Seeding ......Page 403 Corona Discharge and Thunderstorm Fields ......Page 408 Qualitative Overview of Potential, Field and Charge Conditions in the Case of aLightning Discharge in the Storm Cloud......Page 414 Section 4. Lightning Physics......Page 413 A Contribution to the Electrostatic Theory of a Lightning Discharge ......Page 428 Static Discharge and Triggered Lightning ......Page 434 The Field Equations of the Radiating Dipole ......Page 445 The Electric Field of Lightning Discharges as an Observational Tool in Thunderstorm Research ......Page 452 Lightning Hazards to Rockets during Launch ......Page 459 Lightning Hazards to Rockets during Launch II ......Page 470 Basic Theory and Pilot Experiments to the Problem of Triggering Lightning Discharges by Rockets ......Page 480 Theory and Experiments to the Problem of Rocket Triggered Lightning Discharges ......Page 526 Lightning Suppression by Chaff Seeding and Triggered Lightning ......Page 529 Lightning Suppression by Chaff Seeding at the Base of Thunderstorm ......Page 546 Triggered Lightning ......Page 552 Electrostatic Model of Lightning Flashes Triggered from the Ground ......Page 563 Analysis of Cloud, Ground, and Triggered Lightning Flashes from Gradient Measured at the Ground ......Page 572 Energy Problems of the Lightning Discharge ......Page 578 Breakdown Waves in Return Stroke and Leader-Step Channels ......Page 583 Electrostatic fields of Ground-Triggered Lightning ......Page 586 An Apparatus for Simultaneous Registration of Potential Gradient and Air-Earth Current Description and First Results ......Page 592 Measurement of the Air-Earth Current Density ......Page 600 Section 5. Measurement Techniques......Page 599 Antenna Problems of Measurements of the Air-Earth Current ......Page 605 A Radiosonde for Measuring the Air-Earth Current Density ......Page 616 Field Component Meter ......Page 647 The Cylindrical Field Mill, ......Page 655 Electric Field Measurements from Airplanes ......Page 661 Evaluation of Mighty Mouse Trigger Rocket Flights ......Page 669 Airborne Warning Systems for Natural and Aircraft-Initiated Lightning ......Page 678 Theoretical and Experimental Determination of Field, Charge, and Current on an Aircraft hit by Natural or Triggered Lightning ......Page 700 Ranging and Azimuthal Problems of an Airborne Crossed Loop Used as a Single-Station Lightning Locator ......Page 709 Predicted Aircraft Field Concentration Factors and their Relation to Triggered Lightning ......Page 715 This publication presents the collected works of Heinz-Wolfram Kasemir, a prolific researcher in many branches of atmospheric electricity, with commentaries by Lothar Ruhnke and Vladislav Mazur. Because many of his papers were not reviewed by his peers, it is a rare opportunity to experience the real thinking of a prominent scientist in the field of atmospheric electricity. Several of his contributions stand out as most significant for the development of this science: Kasemir developed a physically-sound theory about the transfer of charges from thunderstorms to global fair-weather areas. Kasemir's theory of atmospheric current flow influenced calculations of (1) the electric field and current pattern of cloud charges in the presence of conductivity increasing with altitude, (2) the time-function for a lightning electric field that changes from electrostatic to one driven by conductivity, and (3) the effect of conductivity changes at cloud boundaries on their screening charges, and consequently, on surface electric fields. Kasemir's revolutionary idea that lightning develops as a bi-directional leader with a zero-net charge, proposed in 1950, had a major impact on the development of lightning physics. Kasemir's analysis of influence charge on lightning channels in a potential field opened up the area of the physical modeling of lightning processes Published by the American Geophysical Union as part of the Special Publications Series, Volume 66. This publication presents the collected works of Heinz-Wolfram Kasemir, a prolific researcher in many branches of atmospheric electricity, with commentaries by Lothar Ruhnke and Vladislav Mazur.