The start of lightning: Evidence of bidirectional lightning initiation

Lightning flashes are known to initiate in regions of strong electric fields inside thunderstorms, between layers of positively and negatively charged precipitation particles. For that reason, lightning inception is typically hidden from sight of camera systems used in research. Other technology suc...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Montanya, Joan, van der Velde, Oscar, Williams, Earle R.
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/100535