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14. Thunderstorms/tornadoesGeneral, Distribution Of Thunderstorms, Air Mass Thunderstorms, Gust FrontsAnd Downbursts Severe Thunderstorms, Single-Cell, Multi-Cell, And Super-Cell Thunderstorms, Squall Lines, Tornadoes, Tornado Climatology, TornadoIntensity, Doppler Radar Tornado Safety and Tornado Detection15. LightningElectricity Basics, Electrical Properties of the Fair Weather Atmosphere,Electrical Properties of a Thunderstorm, Benjamin Franklin’s Famous KiteExperiment, Cloud-To-Ground (Cg) Lightning, Intra-Cloud (Ic) LightningOther Forms of Lightning, Thunder, Lightning Rods, Lightning Safety16. Tropical CyclonesTropical Cyclones, Formation, North Atlantic Hurricanes, Eastern NorthPacific Hurricanes, Movement, Hurricane Damage And Intensity, Safety andAwareness17. Optical PhenomenaOptical Basics, Mirages, Rainbows, Halos, Sun Dogs, And Sun Pillars18. Air PollutionGeneral, Stability And Air Pollution, Chemistry Of The AtmosphereOzone Depletion, Photochemical Smog, Wintertime (London-Type) SmogAcid Rain, Mercury The Epa’s Criteria Pollutants, Is The Atmosphere GettingCleaner?TextbookEssentials of Meteorology: An Invitation to the Atmosphere, 3rd edition, by C. Donald Ahrens,West Publishing Company, 2001.