Professor Giles Gasper g.e.m.gasper@durham.ac.uk
Professor
We describe an entry in a twelfth century monastic chronicle, compiled and composed by Gervase of Canterbury (c. 1145–c. 1210), which gives a credible description of ball lightning. It predates the earliest known report of the phenomenon from England by nearly 450 years. The meteorological descriptions in Gervase's 1195 report are examined in the context of the purpose of the chronicle and we compare them with modern reports of ball lightning.
Gasper, G. E., & Tanner, B. K. (2022). A Marvellous Sign and A Fiery Globe: A Medieval English Report of Ball Lightning. Weather, 77(7), 232-234. https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.4144
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Dec 22, 2021 |
Online Publication Date | Jan 26, 2022 |
Publication Date | 2022-07 |
Deposit Date | Jan 13, 2022 |
Publicly Available Date | Jan 26, 2023 |
Journal | Weather |
Print ISSN | 0043-1656 |
Electronic ISSN | 1477-8696 |
Publisher | Royal Meteorological Society |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 77 |
Issue | 7 |
Pages | 232-234 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1002/wea.4144 |
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