The overall channels of the lightning discharges

Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 09:29 in Astronomy & Space

A new narrowband radio interferometer system has been developed for continuous observation of various processes of a lightning discharge at a time resolution of one microsecond. By using this system, a cloud-to-ground lightning flash containing 19 strokes was observed in inland plateau area of China. Detailed analysis of this lightning flash has revealed several new remarkable characteristics of cloud-to-ground lightning.

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