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SUBMITTER: Liu N
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4354034 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Liu Ningyu N Spiva Nicholas N Dwyer Joseph R JR Rassoul Hamid K HK Free Dwayne D Cummer Steven A SA
Nature communications 20150121
Observation of upward electrical discharges from thunderstorms has been sporadically reported in the scientific literature. According to their terminal altitudes, they are classified as starters (20-30 km), jets (40-50 km) and gigantic jets (70-90 km). They not only have a significant impact on the occupied atmospheric volumes but also electrically couple different atmospheric regions. However, as they are rare and unpredictable, our knowledge of them has been built on observations that typicall ...[more]