NASA NTRS · 19900024108
Lightning flashes triggered in altitude by the rocket and wire technique
Abstract
Electrical measurements were conducted in 1987 and 1988 on streamer and leader discharges occurring during the first stages of a triggered flash. This paper describes the pulsing phenomenon observed at positive leader onset (typical pulsing rate 25 microns), and it is shown that the same process happened in the case of the ignition of a flash triggered in altitude; with a wire several hundred meters long, positive leader propagates alone for several ms before the ignition of the downward negative stepped leader.
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Laroche, P., Bondiou, A., Berard, A. Eybert, Barret, L., Berlandis, J. P., Terrier, G., Jafferis, W.. 1989-01-01. Lightning flashes triggered in altitude by the rocket and wire technique. https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/19900024108
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