Electric Field Pulse Bursts in Cloud-to-ground Lightning Discharges
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Regular bursts of electric field radiation pulses produced by three multiple-stroke cloud-to-ground discharges recorded in 1991 at the NASA Kennedy Space Center are analyzed. The bursts are similar in the number of pulses per burst and inter-pulse intervals to the “multiple burst” component (so-called component H) of the standard lightning environment for the design and testing of aerospace vehicles [l]. The relation of the regular pulse bursts to various lightning processes is discussed. Comparison of the pulse bursts in ground flashes to similar bursts in cloud flashes is given.
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