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EARTH NETWORKS LIGHTNING NETWORK PERFORMANCE

open access: yes, 2021
Richard Sonnenfeld   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source

“I had to open my eyes”—A narrative approach to studying the process of adult belief change

open access: yesPolitical Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract Why do people, socialized and sedimented in their political beliefs, change their convictions in adulthood? Belief change has a long history of research in the social sciences. Yet, in quantitative research, belief change is studied largely through cognitive and behavioral lenses, that, however valuable, struggle to capture how people ...
Marcel van den Haak, Kamile Grusauskaite
wiley   +1 more source

Evolution and chemical consequences of lightning-produced NOx observed in the North Atlantic upper troposphere [PDF]

open access: yes, 2000
Airborne observations of NO during the Subsonics Assessment Ozone and Nitrogen Oxides Experiment (SONEX) reveal episodes of high NOx in the upper troposphere believed to be associated with lightning.
Anderson, B   +16 more
core  

Strategic Use of Ad Hoc Commissions for Blame Avoidance: Evidence From Chile

open access: yesPublic Administration Review, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Ad hoc commissions are well known in policymaking, yet their strategic deployment during crises remains less understood. This study examines how governments rely on expert commissions to manage blame and political risk in response to critical events.
Carla Cisternas
wiley   +1 more source

Analysis of the Impact of the Collateral Funds in Payment Channel Networks

open access: yesIEEE Access
This paper provides results and conclusions of empirical analysis of two protocols intended for handling blockchain transactions in the Lightning Network (LN), Blitz and HTLC.
Ana Marija Eres, Marina Bagic Babac
doaj   +1 more source

Living in the Mycelial World

open access: yesTopics in Cognitive Science, EarlyView.
Abstract This manuscript documents a systematic ethnomycological analysis of ethnographic archives. Focusing on texts describing human–fungi interactions, I conduct a global, cross‐cultural review of mushroom use, covering 193 societies worldwide. The study reveals diverse mushroom‐related cultural practices, emphasizing the significance of fungi ...
Roope O. Kaaronen
wiley   +1 more source

The lightning climatology of South Africa

open access: yesSouth African Journal of Science, 2012
In 2005, the South African Weather Service installed a state-of-the-art cloud-to-ground lightning detection network across the country. The data recorded by this network in 2006 was utilised in the development of an initial lightning climatology of South
Morné Gijben
doaj  

Anomalous thunderstorm process in the Stavropol Krai

open access: yesНаука. Инновации. Технологии
The paper analyzes the dynamics of such anomalous weather phenomenon as a thunderstorm. The thunderstorm process that took place in the North Caucasus on June 27, 2023 is considered.
Z. M. Kerefova   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Intracloud to Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Ratio Associated with Extreme Weather Over the Contiguous United States [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
This poster reviews the program to estimate the intracloud (IC) to cloud-to-ground (CG) ratio (Z = IC/CG) of a large sample of extreme (i.e., severe) weather events over the contiguous United States (CONUS) using coincident Optical Transient Detector ...
Christian, Hugh J., Jr.   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Contemporary disasters may not kill more women than men: an empirical inquiry into sex‐differentiated fatalities in the twenty‐first century

open access: yesDisasters, Volume 50, Issue 3, July 2026.
Abstract This study investigates the claim that women are disproportionately more likely to die in disasters by reviewing existing data sources and compiling new datasets on sex‐differentiated disaster fatalities in the twenty‐first century. The analysis is structured by disaster type, covering geophysical, meteorological, climatological, hydrological,
Olivier Rubin
wiley   +1 more source

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