BIPOLE PATTERNS REVEALED BY LIGHTNING LOCATIONS IN MESOSCALE STORM SYSTEMS Academic Article

abstract

• A bipole pattern has been observed in the locations of lightning flashes that lower positive and negative charge to earth in mesoscale storm systems. The pattern has a characteristic size of about 100 km and may last for many hours. The pattern is aligned with the upper level winds and has been observed in all seasons, but is more apparent in the fall and winter. The ratio of the positive flash density to the negative flash density is approximately 0.1, but varies from 0.05 to 0.2. This ratio occurs because there are fewer positive flashes and they are more spatially dispersed than negative flashes in storm systems. Copyright 1988 by the American Geophysical Union.

authors

• Orville, Richard

published proceedings

• GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

altmetric score

• 3

author list (cited authors)

• ORVILLE, R. E., HENDERSON, R. W., & BOSART, L. F.

citation count

• 35

complete list of authors

• ORVILLE, RE||HENDERSON, RW||BOSART, LF

publication date

• February 1988

publisher

• American Geophysical Union (AGU)  Publisher

published in

• Geophysical Research Letters  Journal

keywords

• 37 Earth Sciences
• 3701 Atmospheric Sciences

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1029/GL015i002p00129

start page

• 129

end page

• 132

volume

• 15

issue

• 2

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1029%2Fgl015i002p00129