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stepped leader

Term · Meteorology and atmospheric science · MLC-T-MET-002636

A faint, negatively charged channel that emerges from the base of a thunderstorm and propagates toward the ground in a series of steps of about 1 microsecond duration and 50-100 meters in length, initiating a lightning stroke.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-MET-002636
FieldMeteorology and atmospheric science
ReferencesNWS Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-MET-002636",
  "term": "stepped leader",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "definition": "A faint, negatively charged channel that emerges from the base of a thunderstorm and propagates toward the ground in a series of steps of about 1 microsecond duration and 50-100 meters in length, initiating a lightning stroke.",
  "references": [
    "NWS Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/stepped-leader/"
}

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