Spontaneous Emergence of Space Stems Ahead of Negative Leaders in Lightning and Long Sparks

We investigate the emergence of space stems ahead of negative leaders. These are luminous spots that appear ahead of an advancing leader mediating the leader's stepped propagation. We show that space stems start as regions of locally depleted conductivity that form in the streamers of the coron...

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Veröffentlicht in:Geophysical research letters. - 1984. - 46(2019), 7 vom: 16. Apr., Seite 4029-4038
1. Verfasser: Malagón-Romero, A (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Luque, A
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2019
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Geophysical research letters
Schlagworte:Journal Article attachment instability ionization wave space stem streamer streamer to leader
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