ATM OCN 100 - Summer 2002 LECTURES 33 THUNDERSTORMS: PART II. LIGHTNING & THUNDER A. INTRODUCTION Practical Questions What is a thunderstorm? Why do thunderstorms occur? Definitions (where...)

Thunderstorm Hazards- Lightning http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/nssl/nssl0016.htm Lightning is a killer (with more than 80 deaths in US per year)!

Thunderstorm Hazards- Lightning http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/nssl/nssl0016.htm Lightning is a killer (with more than 80 deaths in US per year)!

Historical Thunderstorm Charge Model From NSSL Power Point presentation

http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/historic/nws/wea00602.htm Lightning striking the Eiffel Tower, June 3, 1902, at 9:20 P.M. This is one of the earliest photographs of lightning in an urban setting In:"Thunder and Lightning", Camille Flammarion, translated by Walter Mostyn Published in 1906

http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/historic/nws/wea00600.htm Benjamin Franklin's experiment with the kite "..when the string was thoroughly wet, abundance of electricity was procured..." In: "The Thunder-storm" by Charles Thomlinson, F.R.S., 1877, p. 30.

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