In the chaos of a thunderstorm, upward moving lightning occasionally springs from the tops of tall structures. Scientists don’t fully understand how upward lightning is triggered; it is likely a combination of multiple environmental factors, such as the background electric field and the structure’s height. In a new study, Sunjerga et al. investigate how ambient lightning events near tall structures may trigger upward lightning.
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Source: Phys.org