Length estimations of presumed upward connecting leaders in lightning flashes to flat water and flat ground.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2018.04.020
Abstract: Using video data recorded at 50,000 frames per second for nearby negative lightning flashes, estimates are derived for the length of positive upward connecting leaders (UCLs) that presumably formed prior to new ground attachments. Return… read more here.
Keywords: length; ground; water; connecting leaders ... See more keywords
Comparisons of optical characteristics of two upward lightning flashes triggered by a nearby positive cloud-to-ground lightning
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2020.105193
Abstract: Abstract The propagation characteristics of two upward negative lightning flashes, which were initiated from the tops of two tall grounded structures immediately after the return stroke (RS) initiation of one nearby positive cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning… read more here.
Keywords: nearby positive; two upward; cloud; lightning flashes ... See more keywords
Striking Distance Characteristics of Lightning Flashes Striking at and Below the Top of the Canton Tower
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DOI: 10.1029/2025gl115339
Abstract: A total of 19 lightning flashes observed by high‐speed video cameras were selected for analyzing the two‐dimensional striking distance (SD) before the first return stroke of downward negative cloud‐to‐ground lightning flashes striking at the Canton… read more here.
Keywords: lightning flashes; striking distance; canton tower; flashes striking ... See more keywords
Could Macroscopic Dark Matter (Macros) Give Rise to Mini-Lightning Flashes out of a Blue Sky without Clouds?
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DOI: 10.3390/atmos12091230
Abstract: A recent study pointed out that macroscopic dark matter (macros) traversing through the Earth’s atmosphere can give rise to hot and ionized channels similar to those associated with lightning leaders. The authors of the study… read more here.
Keywords: mini lightning; dark matter; macroscopic dark; give rise ... See more keywords
Characterization of Hybrid Lightning Flashes Observed by Fast Antenna Lightning Mapping Array in Summer Thunderstorms
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DOI: 10.3390/atmos16070765
Abstract: Using the observation data from Fast Antenna Lightning Mapping Array, we have sub-divided 288 hybrid flashes that are obviously different from traditional intracloud (IC) and negative cloud-to-ground (NCG) flashes into three types: IC–NCG lightning (85),… read more here.
Keywords: mapping array; lightning mapping; fast antenna; hybrid flashes ... See more keywords