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lightning discharge

Term · Meteorology and atmospheric science · MLC-T-MET-001552

The series of electrical processes by which charge is transferred along a
channel of high ion density between electrical charge centers of opposite sign. This can be
between a cloud and the Earth's surface of a cloud-to-ground discharge.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-MET-001552
FieldMeteorology and atmospheric science
ReferencesNWS Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-MET-001552",
  "term": "lightning discharge",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "definition": "The series of electrical processes by which charge is transferred along a\nchannel of high ion density between electrical charge centers of opposite sign. This can be\nbetween a cloud and the Earth's surface of a cloud-to-ground discharge.",
  "references": [
    "NWS Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/lightning-discharge/"
}

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