Study Provides a New Method to Measure the Energy of a Lightning Strike By investigating “fossilized” sand cylinders made by lightning strikes, sometimes thousands of years old, a University of South Florida professor provides a unique history of lightning and the energy contained in a single strike. http://news.usf.edu/article/templates/?a=7453&z=220
Scientists Measure Lightning Energy With Fossils by Jon Mendoza Aug 04, 2016 03:45 AM EDT http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/26250/20160804/scientists-measure-lightning-energy-fossils.htm Florida researchers develop new method of calculating lightning strike's energy using geological methods French Tribune http://frenchtribune.com/teneur/1624974-florida-researchers-develop-new-method-calculating-lightning-strike-s-energy-using The paper is: Pasek, M. A., and M. Hurst, 2016, A Fossilized Energy Distribution of Lightning Scientific Reports. Vol. 6, Article number: 30586 http://www.nature.com/articles/srep30586 Yours Paul H. ______________________________________________ Visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/meteoritecentral and the Archives at http://www.meteorite-list-archives.com Meteorite-list mailing list [email protected] https://pairlist3.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/meteorite-list
