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Observed characteristics of lightning occurred in Lhasa city, Tibet plateau region of China

Year: 2007

Type: article

Abstract: We have performed a lightning observation campaign in Lhasa city, Tibet plateau region of China.It was found that the thunderstorms in Lhasa city exhibit positive dominant electric fields at the ground and tend to produce smaller ratio of cloud-to-ground (CG) discharges.Among the CG discharges recorded, nearly 90% of them are negative ones.Compared to those occurred in low land areas, these negative CG discharges exhibit similar characteristics in terms of the number in a flash and the interstroke interval, but larger 10-to-90 %.fast-transition rise times for both the first and subsequent strokes.

Source: Journal of Atmospheric Electricity

DOI: 10.1541/jae.27.1

Authors: Wang, Takagi, Watanabe, Tie, Qie, Zhang

Institutions: Gifu University, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences

Language: English

Topic: Lightning and Electromagnetic Phenomena

Subfield: Atmospheric Science

Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: bronze

OpenAlex ID: W373701355

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Cites: 5

Cited by: 4

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