Lightning is a critical consideration for scientists and engineers working with electrical installations. Its importance is increasing due to climate change, which has led to more frequent lightning strikes, and the growing susceptibility of renewable energy generators, electrical grids, and charging infrastructure to lightning damage. This second edition provides a thoroughly revised and updated, comprehensive treatment of the subject.
The two volumes cover lightning physics and its impacts in depth. Volume 1 focuses on lightning return stroke modeling and electromagnetic radiation, while Volume 2 addresses electrical processes and effects. Topics include modeling and simulation of lightning strokes, measurements of lightning-induced electromagnetic fields, HF, VHF, and microwave radiation, lightning location systems, atmospheric discharge processes, lightning strikes to grounded structures and towers, electromagnetic field propagation, interactions with cables, effects on power transmission and distribution systems, ionospheric, mesospheric, and magnetospheric effects, and NOx generation and climate impacts. The books provide guidance on combining theoretical understanding with modeling of all lightning-related electromagnetic processes, their effects, and interactions. Readers gain practical experience through simulations of thundercloud and lightning EM fields and their impacts.
These volumes are an invaluable resource for researchers and engineers in electrical engineering and physics, particularly in electromagnetic compatibility, lightning protection, renewable energy systems, smart grids, and lightning physics. They are also highly relevant for professionals in telecommunications, power equipment manufacturing, and advanced students in related fields.
