Science news articles about 'lightning discharges'

  • The overall channels of the lightning discharges

    ... technique, have been used to locate RF radiation events of lightning discharge up to now. TOA technique works ... resolution, it is impossible to use it to study the whole process of a lightning discharge in detail. Interferometric technique works ...
  • Lightning-produced radiation a potential health concern for air travelers

    ... -rays if their airplane happens to be near the start of a lightning discharge or related phenomena known as a terrestrial ... to be in or near the high-field region when either a lightning discharge or a TGF event is occurring, then ...
  • Sound research at Acoustical Society meeting

    ... lightning. One of lightning's direct and unambiguous signatures, thunder, "may help corroborate the existence of electrical discharges ... simulations of the physical mechanisms through which a Titanian lightning discharge generates a shock wave – that is, thunder ...
  • Lightning sprites are out-of-this-world

    ... of Earth. They're offshoots of electric discharges caused by lightning storms, and a valuable window into the composition ... occurring on Saturn producing at least 100 lightning discharges per second -- a rare event ...
  • Fermi improves its vision for thunderstorm Gamma-ray flashes

    ... these radio signals and uses them to pinpoint the location of lightning discharges anywhere on the globe to within about 12 miles (20 km). Scientists have known for a long ...

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