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Triggered Lightning

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Classical and altitude rocket-and-wire techniques for triggering lightning are described. Various characteristics of triggered lightning derived from measurements of current at the lightning channel base and from close electric and magnetic field records are reviewed. New insights into lightning processes gained from triggered-lightning experiments are discussed.

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  1. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Florida, 553 Engineering Building #33, Gainesville, FL 32611-6130, USA

    Vladimir A. Rakov

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Rakov, V.A. (2009). Triggered Lightning. In: Betz, H.D., Schumann, U., Laroche, P. (eds) Lightning: Principles, Instruments and Applications. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9079-0_2

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