Positive Charge Region in Lower Part of Thunderstorm and Preliminary Breakdown Process of Negative Cloud-to-Ground Lightning

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摘要 Anewlightninglocatingtechnology,calledLightningMappingArray(LMA),hasbeendeveloped.ThesystemtakesadvantageofGPStechnologytomeasurethetimesofarrival(TOA)oflightningimpulsiveveryhighfrequency(VHF)radiationeventsateachremotelocation.Thespatiotemporaldevelopmentprocessesoflightningaredescribedinthree-dimensionbymeasurementofthesystemwithhightimeresolution(50ns)andspaceprecision(50-100m).Thechargestructuresinthunderstormandtheirrelationshipwithlightningdischargeprocessesarerevealed.Thetemporalandspatialcharacteristicsofpreliminarybreakdownprocessinvolvedinnegativecloud-to-ground(CG)lightningdischargesareanalyzedbasedonthedataoflightningVHFradiationevents.TheeffectofpositivechargeregioninlowerpartofthunderstormontheoccurrenceofnegativeCGlightningdischargeisdiscussed.TheresultsindicatethatthepreliminarybreakdownprocesswithlongerdurationinnegativeCGlightningdischargesisanintraclouddischargeprocess.Itoccursbetweennegativeandpositivechargeregionslocatedinmiddleandlowerpartsofthunderstormrespectively.Itinitiatesfromthenegativechargeregionandpropagatesdownward.Afterpropagatingintothepositivechargeregion,thelightningchanneldevelopshorizontally.Thecharacteristicsofthepreliminarybreakdownprocessareconsistentwiththatofintracloudlightningdischarges.ThesteppedleadersareinitiatedbytheKtypebreakdownwhichoccursinthelaststageofthepreliminarybreakdownprocessanddevelopsdownwardthroughthepositivechargeregion.TheexistenceofpositivechargeregioninlowerpartofthunderstormresultsintheoccurrenceofpreliminarybreakdownprocesswithlongerdurationbeforethereturnstrokeofnegativeCGlightningdischarges.
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出处 《气象学报:英文版》 2009年1期
出版日期 2009年01月11日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)
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