Observations of narrow bipolar events reveal how lightning is initiated in thunderstorms
William Rison, Paul R. Krehbiel, Michael G. Stock and 5 more
Nature Communications · 2016
doi:10.1038/ncomms10721 (opens in a new tab)
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Abstract
How lightning is initiated inside storms has been a long-standing and fundamental question. Here, the authors report observations of a previously unrecognized type of discharge, called fast positive breakdown, that is found to initiate many and potentially all lightning discharges in storms.
Abstract licence: CC BY-NC-ND
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