Atmospheric electricity is composed of a series of electric phenomena in the atmosphere.
Significant advances in atmospheric electricity research conducted in China have been …

The dissonant development of positive and negative lightning leaders is a central question
in atmospheric electricity. It is also the likely root cause of other reported asymmetries …

The elongation and branching of long positive spark discharges in the laboratory and in
lightning have been attributed to the formation of thermalized channels inside a diffuse, glow …

Electric fields associated with a developing natural lightning leader are difficult to measure.
This work demonstrates a new approach to indirectly probing the electric fields in the …

In the context of global climate change, lightning disasters have emerged as a serious
environmental factor that restricts the sustainable development of megacities. This paper …

No observations show evidence of ionization in long air gap discharge during dark periods.
However, for the first time, weak channel illuminations are observed during the so‐called …

In this study, we present a comprehensive investigation of positive leader discharges, with
the aim of enhancing our understanding of leader decay and reactivation. Our approach …

We investigate sequential processes underlying the initial development of in‐cloud lightning
flashes in the form of initial breakdown pulses (IBPs) between 7.4 and 9.0 km altitudes …

A unique intracloud (IC) lightning flash with multiple positive leader branches spreading out
from the same point is studied using simultaneous high‐speed images, electromagnetic …

Upward lightning is rarer than downward lightning and requires tall (100+ m) structures to
initiate. It may be either self‐initiated or triggered by other lightning discharges. While …