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Interpretation of bipole pattern in a mesoscale storm
Author(s) -
Hill R. D.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl015i007p00643
Subject(s) - thunderstorm , mesoscale meteorology , storm , lightning (connector) , meteorology , interpretation (philosophy) , climatology , geology , environmental science , geography , physics , computer science , power (physics) , quantum mechanics , programming language
Recent observations of bipole patterns of CG lightning strokes at ground level are interpreted in terms of the production of charge centers in a model cell of a Florida thunderstorm, and in the subsequent histories of these centers following collapse of the updraft that generated the centers.