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... When the electric field is quickly reduced by a lightning flash the cloud particles readjust to a new dynamic equilibrium. The change in the hydrodynamic drag force requires a change in the pressure distributions surrounding all the charged cloud particles, hence, the pressure in the volume continuing the cloud particles is altered by the sudden reduction of the electric field.
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... . The peak electromagnetic power radiated by lightning return strokes, J
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  • electric field
  • cloud particles
  • space charge
  • atmospheric electricity
  • return stroke

  • electrical processes
  • return strokes
  • lightning return
  • charged volume


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