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I am a Professor in Atmospheric Sciences in the Department of Geosciences, Tel Aviv University. My main field of research deals with global lightning activity, and the connections between lightning activity and the Earth's climate. What determines the global distribution and frequency of lightning flashes? Will lightning activity change in a warmer climate? How do we measure global lightning activity from a single location on the earth's surface? Is lightning activity related to important climate parameters such as upper tropospheric water vapor and cirrus clouds? Does lightning have a significant impact on atmospheric chemistry? What are sprites, and can we study them from Israel? Do sprites exist on other planets? Is lightning activity related to flash floods, severe weather and perhaps hurricane generation and intensity? How important is lightning in causing forest fires? A lot of questions.....
I am also interested in other Atmospheric Electricity
problems and phenomenon. This involves carrying our field
measurements in the Negev Desert using sensitive equipment in different
frequency bands, from DC, to ULF, ELF and VLF. These data have
been used to study solar storms, the solar rotation, meteors, the
ionosphere, and even possible electromagnetic precursors before
earthquakes.
In addition to research, I
also
teach courses related to Atmospheric Physics, Climate Change, El Nino, Atmospheric Electricity,
Biomass Burning and Atmosperic Optics.
Some of our research in the
NEWS!!
May
2020:
Lightning, Evolution and Biology
January
2020: How have thunderstorms over Africa
changed in the last 70 years?
February
2019: Is there a link between lightning and
biological systems?
August
2018: Using smartphone sensors to monitor
natural hazards
April
2017: The music of shooting stars
March
2015: The birth of Atlantic Hurricanes
February
2015: Global Thunderstorm Distribution
July
2013: Radio Waves and Climate Change
July
2013: Tel Aviv University Research
Highlight (Hebrew)
July
2012: Climate Change and Thunderstorms
April 2011: National Geographic movie "Lightning
Reloaded"
November
2011: Sprites on other planets
April 2010: Amazon Fires and
thunderstorm activity
November
2009: Solar
Rotation detection using lightning data
May 2009: Hurricanes
and lightning activity
February 2009: Sprite
Symmetry
January
2008: Research ranked #25
in Top 100 Science Stories of 2007 by Discovery Magazine
May
2007: African
Lightning and Hurricane Genesis
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