K process

{
  "id": "MLC-T-MET-006755",
  "term": "K process",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "definition": "A rapid in-cloud process of a lightning flash in which a brief recoil streamer runs back along an already ionized channel, producing a short, small electric field change. K processes occur repeatedly between return strokes and after the last one, while the slower J process redistributes charge, and each K change lasts about a millisecond or less.",
  "see_also": [
    "K changes"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/k-process/"
}