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Atmospheric electricity

上行闪电很罕见,但更常见的闪电类型可以增加上行闪电发生的可能性。
Posted inResearch Spotlights

附近闪电事件触发上行闪电

by Elizabeth Thompson 26 April 202128 September 2021

雷暴中的闪电以某种方式改变了电磁场,从而引发高层建筑物向上发出闪电。

Researchers compare satellite measurements of hundred-year-old observations of Earth’s global electrical current
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Ocean Showers Power the Global Electric Circuit

by E. Underwood 26 October 2017

Satellite measurements confirm hundred-year-old observations collected by boat.

A new model helps point the way towards determining whether there is lightning on Venus.
Posted inResearch Spotlights

Searching for Lightning's Signature on Venus

by S. Hall 10 August 2016

How energetic would lightning on Venus have to be to be detected by sensors? A new model sheds light.

A branching bolt of lightning strikes Moscow.
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Scientists Find Dead Lightning Branches That Come Back to Life

by M. Gannon 17 May 201617 May 2016

The detached bursts of brilliance might explain why the lowest point of a lightning bolt will sometimes suddenly brighten by up to 50% and double its speed as it hurtles to Earth.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Lightning "Impulses" Improve Models of Global Electrical Circuit

by Mark Zastrow 19 August 201519 August 2015

New simulations of how thunderstorms drive electrical currents through the Earth's atmosphere combine precision with computational speed.

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Gaseous Planets May Have Huge Luminous Rings Caused by Lightning

by Mark Zastrow 15 July 201515 July 2015

What business do elves have in the upper atmospheres of gas giants? Plenty, it seems. The enormous ring-shaped phenomena triggered by lightning may occur on Jupiter, Saturn, and exoplanets.

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Experiment Captures First Image of Thunder

by Randy Showstack 19 May 20159 June 2015

Scientists can now visually capture the sound waves created by thunder, a technique that could lead to an increased understanding of how lightning forms and transmits energy.

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