Vernon Cooray is a professor in electricity, with special attention to transients and electrical discharges, at Uppsala University, Sweden. Vernon Cooray is an experienced teacher and currently conducts several courses, including the physics of lightning, physics of electrical discharges, and lightning protection for postgraduate students and personnel working in industry. He has conducted experimental and theoretical research in the physics and effects of lightning flashes, electromagnetic compatibility, electromagnetic wave propagation, lightning protection, and the physics of electrical discharges. He has authored more than 250 scientific papers and edited The Lightning Flash (IET, 2003). Vernon Cooray is the editor in chief of the Journal of Lightning Research and Open Access Atmospheric Science Journal. He is a member of the scientific committee of the International Symposium on Lightning Protection and vice president of the scientific committee of the International Conference on Lightning Protection.

• Chapter 1: Benjamin Franklin and lightning rodsChapter 2: Lightning parameters of engineering interestChapter 3: Rocket-triggered lightning and new insights into lightning protection gained from triggered-lightning experimentsChapter 4: Attachment of lightning flashes to grounded structuresChapter 5: Protection against lightning surgesChapter 6: External lightning protection systemChapter 7: Internal lightning protection systemChapter 8: Risk analysisChapter 9: Low-frequency grounding resistance and lightning protectionChapter 10: High-frequency groundingChapter 11: Soil ionizationChapter 12: Lightning protection of low-voltage networksChapter 13: Lightning protection of medium voltage linesChapter 14: Lightning protection of wind turbines 15 Lightning protection of telecommunication towersChapter 15: Lightning protection of telecommunication towersChapter 16: Lightning protection of satellite launch padsChapter 17: Lightning protection of structures with risk of fire and explosionChapter 18: Lightning and treesChapter 19: Lightning warning systemsChapter 20: Lightning-caused injuries in humansChapter 21: Lightning standardsChapter 22: High-voltage and high-current testingChapter 23: Return stroke models for engineering applications

Vernon Cooray is a professor in electricity, with special attention to transients and electrical discharges, at Uppsala University, Sweden. Vernon Cooray is an experienced teacher and currently conducts several courses, including the physics of lightning, physics of electrical discharges, and lightning protection for postgraduate students and personnel working in industry. He has conducted experimental and theoretical research in the physics and effects of lightning flashes, electromagnetic compatibility, electromagnetic wave propagation, lightning protection, and the physics of electrical discharges. He has authored more than 250 scientific papers and edited The Lightning Flash (IET, 2003). Vernon Cooray is the editor in chief of the Journal of Lightning Research and Open Access Atmospheric Science Journal. He is a member of the scientific committee of the International Symposium on Lightning Protection and vice president of the scientific committee of the International Conference on Lightning Protection.

• Chapter 1: Benjamin Franklin and lightning rodsChapter 2: Lightning parameters of engineering interestChapter 3: Rocket-triggered lightning and new insights into lightning protection gained from triggered-lightning experimentsChapter 4: Attachment of lightning flashes to grounded structuresChapter 5: Protection against lightning surgesChapter 6: External lightning protection systemChapter 7: Internal lightning protection systemChapter 8: Risk analysisChapter 9: Low-frequency grounding resistance and lightning protectionChapter 10: High-frequency groundingChapter 11: Soil ionizationChapter 12: Lightning protection of low-voltage networksChapter 13: Lightning protection of medium voltage linesChapter 14: Lightning protection of wind turbines 15 Lightning protection of telecommunication towersChapter 15: Lightning protection of telecommunication towersChapter 16: Lightning protection of satellite launch padsChapter 17: Lightning protection of structures with risk of fire and explosionChapter 18: Lightning and treesChapter 19: Lightning warning systemsChapter 20: Lightning-caused injuries in humansChapter 21: Lightning standardsChapter 22: High-voltage and high-current testingChapter 23: Return stroke models for engineering applications

Vernon Cooray is a professor in electricity, with special attention to transients and electrical discharges, at Uppsala University, Sweden. Vernon Cooray is an experienced teacher and currently conducts several courses, including the physics of lightning, physics of electrical discharges, and lightning protection for postgraduate students and personnel working in industry. He has conducted experimental and theoretical research in the physics and effects of lightning flashes, electromagnetic compatibility, electromagnetic wave propagation, lightning protection, and the physics of electrical discharges. He has authored more than 250 scientific papers and edited The Lightning Flash (IET, 2003). Vernon Cooray is the editor in chief of the Journal of Lightning Research and Open Access Atmospheric Science Journal. He is a member of the scientific committee of the International Symposium on Lightning Protection and vice president of the scientific committee of the International Conference on Lightning Protection.

• Chapter 1: Benjamin Franklin and lightning rodsChapter 2: Lightning parameters of engineering interestChapter 3: Rocket-triggered lightning and new insights into lightning protection gained from triggered-lightning experimentsChapter 4: Attachment of lightning flashes to grounded structuresChapter 5: Protection against lightning surgesChapter 6: External lightning protection systemChapter 7: Internal lightning protection systemChapter 8: Risk analysisChapter 9: Low-frequency grounding resistance and lightning protectionChapter 10: High-frequency groundingChapter 11: Soil ionizationChapter 12: Lightning protection of low-voltage networksChapter 13: Lightning protection of medium voltage linesChapter 14: Lightning protection of wind turbines 15 Lightning protection of telecommunication towersChapter 15: Lightning protection of telecommunication towersChapter 16: Lightning protection of satellite launch padsChapter 17: Lightning protection of structures with risk of fire and explosionChapter 18: Lightning and treesChapter 19: Lightning warning systemsChapter 20: Lightning-caused injuries in humansChapter 21: Lightning standardsChapter 22: High-voltage and high-current testingChapter 23: Return stroke models for engineering applications