Abrupt Elongation (Stepping) of Negative and Positive Leaders Culminating in an Intense Corona Streamer Burst: Observations in Long Sparks and Implications for Lightning

Upward negative leaders in positive triggered lightning: Stepping and branching in the initial stage

(2017) Yunjiao Pu et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Channel branching and zigzagging in negative cloud-to-ground lightning

(2017) Rubin Jiang et al.   Scientific Reports

A study of the ground-attachment process in natural lightning with emphasis on its breakthrough phase

(2017) M. D. Tran et al.   Scientific Reports

High-speed video observations of the fine structure of a natural negative stepped leader at close distance

(2016) Qi Qi et al.   ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH

Experimental Study on Branch and Diffuse Type of Streamers in Leader Restrike of Long Air Gap Discharge

(2016) She Chen et al.   PLASMA SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

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

(2016) William Rison et al.   Nature Communications

Initiation and propagation of cloud-to-ground lightning observed with a high-speed video camera

(2016) M. D. Tran et al.   Scientific Reports

High-speed video and electric field observation of a negative upward leader connecting a downward positive leader in a positive cloud-to-ground flash

(2015) Marcelo M.F. Saba et al.   ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS RESEARCH

Observations of corona in triggered dart-stepped leaders

(2015) W. R. Gamerota et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Dart-stepped-leader step formation in triggered lightning

(2014) W. R. Gamerota et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Photographic observations of streamers and steps in a cloud-to-air negative leader

(2014) H. E. Edens et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

The Effect of Corona Discharge on Leader Initiation in Long Air Gaps

(2014) Yaoheng Xie et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON PLASMA SCIENCE

Propagating features of upward positive leaders in the initial stage of rocket-triggered lightning

(2012) Rubin Jiang et al.   ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH

A study of X-ray emissions from thunderstorms with emphasis on subsequent strokes in natural lightning

(2012) S. Mallick et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Observations of the initial, upward-propagating, positive leader steps in a rocket-and-wire triggered lightning discharge

(2011) Christopher J. Biagi et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

A downward positive leader that radiated optical pulses like a negative stepped leader

(2011) D. Wang et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

High-speed video observations of a lightning stepped leader

(2011) J. D. Hill et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Three-dimensional imaging of upward positive leaders in triggered lightning using VHF broadband digital interferometers

(2010) S. Yoshida et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Observations of stepping mechanisms in a rocket-and-wire triggered lightning flash

(2010) C. J. Biagi et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

Study of the formation and propagation of a leader channel in air

(2009) N. A. Popov   PLASMA PHYSICS REPORTS

High energy photon and electron bursts associated with upward lightning strokes

(2008) S. Yoshida et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Co-location of lightning leader x-ray and electric field change sources

(2008) J. Howard et al.   GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS

Experimental Study of Lightning-Induced Currents in a Buried Loop Conductor and a Grounded Vertical Conductor

(2008) Jens Schoene et al.   IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY

Characteristics of the optical pulses associated with a downward branched stepped leader

(2008) W. Lu et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH

A study of X-ray emission from laboratory sparks in air at atmospheric pressure

(2008) J. R. Dwyer et al.   JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH