Channel branching and zigzagging in negative cloud-to-ground lightning

Abstract A fundamental question in lightning flash concerns why the discharge channel propagates in a zig-zag manner and produces extensive branches. Here we report the optical observation of two negative cloud-to-ground lightning discharges with very high temporal resolution of 180,000 frames per s...

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Main Authors: Rubin Jiang, Xiushu Qie, Hongbo Zhang, Mingyuan Liu, Zhuling Sun, Gaopeng Lu, Zhichao Wang, Yu Wang
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/68a804d23d1f4e96b04c3e50f7803592
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