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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-1791-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-1791-2025
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10 Feb 2025
Research article |  | 10 Feb 2025

Post-return stroke VHF electromagnetic activity in north-western Mediterranean cloud-to-ground lightning flashes

Andrea Kolínská, Ivana Kolmašová, Eric Defer, Ondřej Santolík, and Stéphane Pédeboy

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We contribute to understanding differences in lightning flashes of opposite polarity by explaining distinct in-cloud processes after return strokes. Using data from multiple sensors, including individual Lightning Mapping Array stations, we reveal that positive flashes sustain strong high-frequency radiation due to the recharging of their in-cloud leader; this is in contrast to negative flashes, for which this activity declines rapidly.
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