Transient phenomena in positive cloud-to-ground lightning discharges

Positive lightning discharges are rare and not well understood. Here, the authors present observations from three positive discharges and demonstrate unexpected luminosity dips in the channel to ground, as well as transient coupling to a negative discharge nearby.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ziqin Ding, Vladimir A. Rakov, Yanan Zhu, Manh D. Tran, Istvan Kereszy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-12-01
Series:Communications Physics
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42005-022-01087-8