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... 2. The NSSL strike-Iocating system has been used to study the diurnal variation of + CG flashes for summertime storms in Oklahoma, which tend to be less severe than storms in the spring.
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... (1982) reveal + CG flashes with continuing currents up to 105 A and positive charge transfer to ground of up to several hundred coulombs.
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  • charge transfer
  • positive charge
  • diurnal variation
  • return stroke
  • return strokes


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