Static Discharge and Triggered Lightning,
Abstract
An intriguing controversy between pilots and scientists on charge and energy problems of static discharges will be discussed and resolved in this paper. These problems always will be discussed and resolved in this paper. These problems always center on the question: Where does the lightning discharge obtain its charges to produce the measured currents or fields, if it is triggered far away from a thundercloud? These problems are resolved by the uncharged leader theory, which explains that lightning does not have to collect charges from the environment be it a thunder cloud or a volume of clear air. The charges are generated in the lightning channel itself by ionization and then separated in the channel by the induction mechanism.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1983
- Accession Number
- ADP002179
Entities
People
- H. W. Kasemir