Observations of narrow bipolar events reveal how lightning is initiated in thunderstorms

Rison, William; Krehbiel, Paul R.; Stock, Michael G.; Edens, Harald E.; Shao, Xuan-Min; Thomas, Ronald J.; Stanley, Mark A.; Zhang, Yang

doi:10.1038/ncomms10721

Title: Observations of narrow bipolar events reveal how lightning is initiated in thunderstorms

Journal Article · Mon Feb 15 00:00:00 EST 2016 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10721· OSTI ID:1259285

Rison, William ^[1]; Krehbiel, Paul R. ^[1]; Stock, Michael G. ^[1]; Edens, Harald E. ^[1]; Shao, Xuan-Min ^[2]; Thomas, Ronald J. ^[1]; Stanley, Mark A. ^[1]; Zhang, Yang ^[3]

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM (United States). Langmuir Laboratory for Atmospheric Research
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing (China). Laboratory of Lightning Physics and Protection Engineering

A long-standing but fundamental question in lightning studies concerns how lightning is initiated inside storms, given the absence of physical conductors. The issue has revolved around the question of whether the discharges are initiated solely by conventional dielectric breakdown or involve relativistic runaway electron processes. Here we report observations of a relatively unknown type of discharge, called fast positive breakdown, that is the cause of high-power discharges known as narrow bipolar events. We find that the breakdown has a wide range of strengths and is the initiating event of numerous lightning discharges. It appears to be purely dielectric in nature and to consist of a system of positive streamers in a locally intense electric field region. It initiates negative breakdown at the starting location of the streamers, which leads to the ensuing flash. The observations show that many or possibly all lightning flashes are initiated by fast positive breakdown.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE; National Science Foundation (NSF); Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)

Grant/Contract Number:: HR0011-10-1-0057; HR0011-10-1-0059; AGS-1205727; HQ0147-08-C- 0025

OSTI ID:: 1259285

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Vol. 7; ISSN 2041-1723

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