NASA: A Lightning Primer

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written by Steven Goodman

This NASA resource is a complete primer on the subject of lightning. It includes an easily understood description of the lightning discharge process, photos and text describing modern data collection & detection techniques, and a brief history of the scientific study of lightning.

https://lightning.nsstc.nasa.gov/primer/index.html

Subjects	Levels	Resource Types
Electricity & Magnetism - Electric Fields and Potential - Electrostatics Other Sciences - Geoscience - Meteorology	- Informal Education - High School	- Reference Material

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Access Rights:: Free access
Restriction:: Does not have a copyright, license, or other use restriction.
Keywords:: electric charge, electrostatics, lightning, lightning detection, lightning propogation, lightning research
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created November 3, 2006 by Caroline Hall
Record Updated:: January 22, 2018 by Caroline Hall
Last Update when Cataloged:: December 1, 2005
Other Collections:: The PSRC

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Goodman, S. (2005, December 1). NASA: A Lightning Primer. Retrieved October 7, 2024, from https://lightning.nsstc.nasa.gov/primer/index.html

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Goodman, Steven. NASA: A Lightning Primer. December 1, 2005. https://lightning.nsstc.nasa.gov/primer/index.html (accessed 7 October 2024).

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