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

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摘要 Leaderpropagationisafundamentalissueinlightningphysics.Thepropagationcharacteristicsofpositiveleadersandnegativeleadersaresummarizedandcomparedbasedondatafromhigh-speedcameraandelectromagneticfieldinrocket-triggeredlightningandtower-initiatedlightningdischarges;availablechannelbasecurrentdatarecordedinrocket-triggeredlightningarealsoused.Thenegativeleaderspropagateinasteppedfashionaccompaniedbymanybranches.Thestemsaheadofthenegativeleadertipdeterminethemanneranddirectionoftheleaderpropagation,andeventhebranchingandwindingofthelightningchannel.Theimpulsivecurrent,electromagneticfield,andrelatedopticalimagessuggestthatthepositiveleadermaydevelopinastep-likefashionatitsinitialstageoftriggeredlightning.However,thesteppingprocessesofthepositiveleaderareobviouslydifferentfromthoseofthenegativeleader.Tower-initiatedlightningrevealedthatthemostconspicuouscharacteristicsofthestepwisepositiveleaderinvolvetheintermittentbrush-likecoronazoneinfrontoftheleadertipandtheluminosityenhancementofthechannelbehindthetip.Inrockettriggeredlightningflashes,thechargetransferredduringanindividualstepforthenegativeleaderwasnearlyanordergreaterthanforthepositivecounterpart.Thesuccessivestreamersaheadoftheleadertipareessentialforbothnegativeandpositiveleaderpropagation,andthestemscouldbeformedfromoneormorestreamersinthepreviousnegativestreamerzonewiththemainleaderchanneldim.High-resolutionobservationoftowerlightningalsorevealedanewtypeofbidirectionalrecoilleader,withpolaritycontrarytothetraditionalone,traversinginnegativechannelsassociatedwithtower-initiatedandrocket-triggeredlightning.
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出版日期 2019年02月12日(中国期刊网平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)