Difference between revisions of "Junction streamer"
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| − | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The process by which negative charge centers at successively more distant locations in a [[thundercloud]] are "tapped" for [[discharge]] by successive strokes of [[cloud-to-ground lightning]].</div><br/> </div> | + | <div class="definition"><div class="short_definition">The process by which negative charge centers at successively more distant locations in a [[thundercloud]] are "tapped" for [[discharge]] by successive strokes of [[cloud-to-ground flash|cloud-to-ground lightning]].</div><br/> </div> |
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Latest revision as of 17:16, 25 April 2012
junction streamer
The process by which negative charge centers at successively more distant locations in a thundercloud are "tapped" for discharge by successive strokes of cloud-to-ground lightning.
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