Observations of narrow bipolar events reveal how lightning is initiated in thunderstorms

Autor: William Rison, Paul R. Krehbiel, Michael G. Stock, Harald E. Edens, Xuan-Min Shao, Ronald J. Thomas, Mark A. Stanley, Yang Zhang
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2016)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2041-1723
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms10721
Popis: 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.
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