User:Borealdreams/Lightning Science and Related

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I'm using this page to aggregate all the pages out in the wikisphere pertaining to lightning in one way or another.... I doubt anyone knows exactly how many pages there are or if there are duplicates, redundancies, contradictions, etc. This should be interesting! Feel free to use the talk page to discuss your thoughts on the matter.

I am not very good at wiki formatting, so I would appreciate any assistance. I am approaching this from technical & scientific standpoints primarily, so please bear with me.

Borealdreams (talk) 08:33, 19 January 2013 (UTC)

Lightning[edit]

Physical Properties[edit]

Related pages in the wikisphere, but not yet organized[edit]

Lightning Protection Systems & Lightning Properties Specific to LPS[edit]

Topic: A Spark, is a Spark, is a Spark[edit]

Electric spark[edit]

Electrostatic discharge[edit]

Electric discharge[edit]

Topic: Lightning lightning everywhere![edit]

Topic: Lightning Frequency and Detection[edit]

Topic: Related to Charge Transfer Systems (CTS)[edit]

Space charge[edit]

Corona discharge[edit]

Corona breakdown[edit]

Topic: Secondary Effects of Lightning[edit]

Electromagnetic pulse (EMP)[edit]

Surge protector[edit]

Voltage_spike[edit]

Topic: Pages Needed or Not Found Yet[edit]

Attachment (lightning)[edit]

  • "Technical definition: Process by which any one available upward streamer connects to any one available downward stepped leader, upon which lightning discharge or 'visible lightning' occurs"

Point Ionization[edit]

  • Disambiguation of Corona Discharge in relation to a grounded pointy objection subjected to an electric field

Upward Streamer[edit]

  • "Technical: an ionic channel that forms upon corona breakdown from ground objects as a downward leader approaches"

Stepped (Downward) Leader[edit]

Topic: Lightning Protection Systems (Conventional)[edit]


Related pages of questionable quality[edit]

Linked pages to ensure consistency[edit]


— Preceding unsigned comment added by 107.1.76.178 (talk) 02:24, 19 January 2013 (UTC)