Current Problems of Electrodynamics of a Thunderstorm Cloud
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Abstract
Electrodynamics of a thunderstorm cloud is considered with allowance for recirculation and multiflow motion of charged intracloud particles. In this simulation, the large-scale electric-field emerges due to the charge separation at the process of air convection and develops through the oscillation regime in the initial and final stages of the thunderstorm evolution. These oscillations qualitatively explain the observed behavior of the electric field of a thunderstorm. On the other hand, the multiflow convection is unstable and leads to generation of small-scale electrostatic waves (wavelength from 1 to 100 m) with amplitude reaching the conventional breakdown value. Such an instability can initiate microdischarge intracloud activity at the preliminary stage of the lightning discharge and between individual return strokes. We propose a three-dimensional cellular automata model which describes the main features of the preliminary stage of the lightning.
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