atmospheric electricity

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atmospheric electricity - electrical discharges in the atmosphere

electrical discharge - a discharge of electricity

atmospheric phenomenon - a physical phenomenon associated with the atmosphere

elves - an acronym for emissions of light and very low frequency perturbations due to electromagnetic pulse sources; extremely bright extremely short (less than a msec) electrical flashes forming a huge ring (up to 400 km diameter) in the ionosphere

blue jet, reverse lightning, jet - atmospheric discharges (lasting 10 msec) bursting from the tops of giant storm clouds in blue cones that widen as they flash upward

lightning - abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission of light

red sprites, sprites - atmospheric electricity (lasting 10 msec) appearing as globular flashes of red (pink to blood-red) light rising to heights of 60 miles (sometimes seen together with elves)

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One of the problematic tasks in the field of atmospheric electricity and lightning protection of terrestrial and near-earth air objects still remains one that is connected with the determination, with minimal initial information about the thunderstorm situation in the area of this or that territory of the planet studied by specialists (engineers and meteorologists) energy characteristics of the thundercloud cloud in the Earth's troposphere.

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The Merriam-Webster dictionary says lightning is "the flashing of light produced by a discharge of atmospheric electricity from one cloud to another or between a cloud and the earth." Many scientists disagree about the exact causes of lightning, but they do agree that it stems from the differences in positively and negatively charged particles.

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