junction streamer

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Term: junction streamer
Definition:

The process by which negative charge centers at successively more distant locations in a thundercloud are tapped for discharge by successive strokes of cloud-to-ground lightning.

Created 2023.04.16
Last Modified 2023.04.16
Contributed by Ryan McGranaghan
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