A review of atmospheric electricity research in China from 2011 to 2018

X Qie, Y Zhang - Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2019 - Springer
Atmospheric electricity research has been conducted actively in China, having profited from
the development and application of high temporal and spatial resolution lightning detection …

Understanding the dynamical-microphysical-electrical processes associated with severe thunderstorms over the Beijing metropolitan region

X Qie, S Yuan, Z Chen, D Wang, D Liu, M Sun… - Science China Earth …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Dynamical-microphysical-electrical Processes in Severe Thunderstorms and
Lightning Hazards (STORM973) project conducted coordinated comprehensive field …

Polarity asymmetries in rocket‐triggered lightning

CL Da Silva, WP Winn, MC Taylor… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
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 …

On the velocity‐current relation of positive leader discharges

X Zhao, L Liu, X Wang, L Liu, L Qu, L Jia… - Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
The velocity‐current relation of positive leader discharges is of great importance in the
research of lightning physics. However, the measured data in a wide range of current up to …

Electromagnetic characteristics of upward leader initiated from the canton tower: A comparison with rocket‐triggered lightning

Y Fan, W Lyu, G Lu, B Wu, Q Qi, Y Zhang… - Journal of …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
By using the synchronous observation data obtained at the Tall‐Object Lightning
Observatory in Guangzhou (TOLOG) of 2019, the electromagnetic characteristics of upward …

Propagation of positive, negative, and recoil leaders in upward lightning flashes

XS Qie, SF Yuan, HB Zhang, RB Jiang… - Earth and Planetary …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Leader propagation is a fundamental issue in lightning physics. The propagation
characteristics of positive leaders and negative leaders are summarized and compared …

Low frequency magnetic field observations of natural positive leaders featuring stepwise propagation

Z Wang, G Lu, X Li, H Zhang, Y Fan… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
We examine the low‐frequency (LF) magnetic pulses recorded for the positive leader in two
natural lightning flashes as recorded on the high‐speed video camera. The captured …

Characterizing radio frequency magnetic radiation of initial upward leader stepping in triggered lightning with interferometric lightning mapping

Y Fan, G Lu, Y Zhang, W Lyu, D Zheng… - Geophysical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
In summer of 2019, the bandwidth of magnetic field sensor with relatively high sensitivity
was extended to 1.2 MHz during the triggered lightning experiment of Field Experiment Base …

Characteristics of electromagnetic signals during the initial stage of negative rocket‐triggered lightning

Y Fan, G Lu, R Jiang, H Zhang, X Li… - Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
With the measurements in SHandong Triggering Lightning Experiment and Guangdong
Comprehensive Observation Experiment on Lightning Discharge in China, we examine the …

The spatial evolution of upward positive stepped leaders initiated from a 356‐m‐tall tower in Southern China

Y Gao, M Chen, Z Qin, Z Qiu, Y Yang… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Two initial upward positive leaders (UPLs) in upward negative flashes initiated from a 356‐
m‐tall tower were observed with a high‐speed camera, an electric field sensor, and a …