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Observations of Electric Fields Sounding in the Mature Stage of a Thunderstorm

Geoscience Data Journal, Volume 13, Issue 3, July 2026.
Successive electric field soundings separated by only 6 min provided a rare view of charge structure of a mature thunderstorm. The observations reveal horizontally inhomogeneous charge regions, an unusually deep upper negative layer, and charge features that cannot be readily explained by current thunderstorm electrification mechanisms. ABSTRACT In the
Xinglu Jiang, Tinglong Zhang, Zhe Li, Yunfeng Liu, Ying Wen, Lingjie Kong, Junming Gong   +6 more
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Modeling of Elves Doublets Based on Variations of the Lightning Return Stroke Current

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 12, 28 June 2026.
Abstract Elves are transient luminous events appearing above thunderclouds. They are produced by high peak current lightning events. They occasionally appear as doublets or in general as multiplets. We model elves doublets by setting the temporal and spatial variations of the return stroke current amplitude and we show that our modeling results are ...
Petr Kašpar, Ivana Kolmašová, Ondřej Santolík   +2 more
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Politics of Narration: Mythical Discourse in Kie’s Son of the Thundercloud [PDF]

University of Bucharest Review. Literary and Cultural Studies Series, 2018
Writers are committed to the power of proof, reasoning and technical solutions to every possible problem faced by humanity. Convincing through proof and argument is construed to be the presentation of reality.
Shruti Das
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Outbreak of Negative Narrow Bipolar Events in Two Mid-Latitude Thunderstorms Featuring Overshooting Tops

Remote Sensing, 2021
Lightning discharges are the electrical production in thunderclouds. They radiate the bulk of radio signals in the very low-frequency and low-frequency (VLF/LF) that can be detected by ground-based receivers.
Feifan Liu, Baoyou Zhu, Gaopeng Lu, Ming Ma   +3 more
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Tracing Hailstone Development: Isotopic Evidence and Microphysical Variability in Texas Supercell Events

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 131, Issue 12, 28 June 2026.
Abstract Two supercell thunderstorms that occurred in Del Rio and Burkburnett, Texas in the spring of 2020 produced greater than 5 cm diameter hailstones. Fourteen hailstones, eight from Del Rio and six from Burkburnett, were cut in half along the maximum principal axis. Half the hailstone was dissected at 0.5 cm increments, providing 198 subsamples of
Thomas E. Nordstrand, Yongli Gao, Stephen F. Ackley, Nicholas L. Hampshire, Andrew Heymsfield   +4 more
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Mind the Cloud: Propagation of Cloud‐Induced Bias in Lake Surface Water Temperature Remote Sensing and Modeling

Water Resources Research, Volume 62, Issue 6, June 2026.
Abstract Satellite remote sensing is widely used to monitor lake surface water temperature (LSWT) due to its global coverage and relatively long‐term record. A common practice in previous studies is to exclude observations during cloudy periods, as most satellite‐based LSWT products rely on optical sensors that cannot penetrate cloud cover.
Xinchen He, Konstantinos M. Andreadis, Theodore Langhorst   +2 more
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Observation of a Downward Terrestrial Gamma‐Ray Flash Associated With Dart Leaders of a Negative Cloud‐To‐Ground Lightning Flash

Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, Volume 131, Issue 10, 28 May 2026.
Abstract We report the observation of a downward terrestrial gamma‐ray flash (TGF) during the dart‐leader stage in a negative cloud‐to‐ground lightning flash. The observation was recorded by the Telescope Array Surface Detector, in conjunction with a Lightning Mapping Array, an interferometer (INTF), a fast antenna, and a high‐speed camera.
N. Kieu, R. U. Abbasi, I. T. Cruz, M. M. F. Saba, P. R. Krehbiel, W. Rison, M. A. Stanley, D. R. da Silva, D. Rodeheffer, D. Mazzucco, L. Haydon, W. Hopple, J. W. Belz, J. Remington, R. LeVon, T. Abu‐Zayyad, M. Allen, D. R. Bergman, F. Bradfield, I. Buckland, W. Campbell, B. G. Cheon, K. Endo, A. Fedynitch, T. Fujii, K. Fujisue, K. Fujita, M. Fukushima, G. Furlich, A. Gálvez Ureña, Z. Gerber, N. Globus, T. Hanaoka, W. Hanlon, N. Hayashida, H. He, K. Hibino, R. Higuchi, D. Ikeda, D. Ivanov, S. Jeong, C. C. H. Jui, K. Kadota, F. Kakimoto, O. Kalashev, K. Kasahara, K. Kawata, I. Kharuk, E. Kido, H. B. Kim, J. H. Kim, J. H. Kim, S. W. Kim, I. Komae, K. Komatsu, K. Komori, A. Korochkin, C. Koyama, M. Kudenko, M. Kuroiwa, Y. Kusumori, M. Kuznetsov, Y. J. Kwon, K. H. Lee, M. J. Lee, B. Lubsandorzhiev, J. P. Lundquist, A. Matsuzawa, J. A. Matthews, J. N. Matthews, M. Mori, S. Nagataki, H. Nakamura, T. Nakamura, T. Nakayama, Y. Nakayama, K. Nakazawa, T. Nonaka, S. Ogio, H. Ohoka, N. Okazaki, M. Onishi, A. Oshima, H. Oshima, S. Ozawa, I. H. Park, K. Y. Park, M. Potts, M. Przybylak, M. S. Pshirkov, C. Rott, G. I. Rubtsov, D. Ryu, H. Sagawa, N. Sakaki, R. Sakamoto, T. Sako, N. Sakurai, S. Sakurai, D. Sato, K. Sekino, T. Shibata, J. Shikita, H. Shimodaira, H. S. Shin, K. Shinozaki, J. D. Smith, P. Sokolsky, B. T. Stokes, T. A. Stroman, K. Takahashi, M. Takeda, R. Takeishi, A. Taketa, M. Takita, Y. Tameda, K. Tanaka, M. Tanaka, M. Teramoto, S. B. Thomas, G. B. Thomson, P. Tinyakov, I. Tkachev, T. Tomida, S. Troitsky, Y. Tsunesada, S. Udo, F. R. Urban, M. Vrábel, D. Warren, K. Yamazaki, Y. Zhezher, Z. Zundel, J. Zvirzdin   +133 more
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Direct Ionosonde Evidence of F‐Layer Disturbances Driven by Intense Lightning Activity at Low Latitudes

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 10, 28 May 2026.
Abstract Thunderstorms could cause the irregularities of electron density distributions in the ionosphere by exciting gravity waves and modifying ambient electric field (E‐field). By comparing the DPS‐4D ionosonde observation at 5‐min resolution at Fuke Station in Hainan, China with the lightning detection data, we studied the F‐layer responses to a ...
Zhengwei Cheng, Mao Zhang, Hailiang Huang, Guojun Wang, Zheng Wang, Sheping Shang, Xiao Wang, Maosheng He, Yajun Zhu, Hui Li, Yaoling Zhi, Gaopeng Lu   +11 more
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Wilson's Atmospheric Electron Accelerator: A Centennial Perspective

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 53, Issue 9, 16 May 2026.
Abstract As of the time of writing this letter, we mark the centennial of Wilson's runaway electrons proposed in 1925. Owing to instrumentation limitations, Wilson and his students could not detect the particles anticipated by theory Chilingarian et al. (2025, https://doi.org/10.1029/2024jd042350).
B. Mailyan, H. Mkrtchyan, G. Karapetyan
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First reported detection of a winter continental gamma-ray glow in Europe [PDF]

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics
This study presents the first-ever published detection of two parallel winter continental gamma-ray glows in Central Europe, observed during a rare winter thunderstorm on Milešovka hill, Czech Republic.
J. Šlegl, J. Šlegl, Z. Sokol, P. Pešice, R. Langer, I. Strhárský, J. Popová, M. Kákona, M. Kákona, I. Ambrožová, O. Ploc   +10 more
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