THE LIGHTNING DISCHARGE,

Abstract

The stationary electric field inside a thunderstorm, which is generated by the movement of charged precipitation particles, causes the lightning discharges. In the electric field of the lightning stroke, the distribution of the stationary field in the cloud is reflected. The report shows how different types of lightning strokes (cloud or ground discharges) are connected with different kinds of field distributions in the thundercloud. This leads to certain conclusions of the precipitation pattern and the development stage of the thunderstorm. Electric field and sferics records of different types of thunderstorms are discussed, and useful parameters in the field records are pointed out to determine characteristic electric features of the thunderstorm. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1964
Accession Number
AD0603388

Entities

People

  • Heinz W. Kasemir

Organizations

  • United States Army Communications-Electronics Command

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biological Phenomena
  • Clouds
  • Cumulonimbus Clouds
  • Ecological And Environmental Phenomena
  • Ecological And Environmental Processes
  • Electric Fields
  • Lightning
  • Meteorological Phenomena
  • Particles
  • Precipitation
  • Stationary
  • Thunderstorms

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics