A study of cloud-to-ground lightning flashes initiated by fast positive breakdown

• Main Authors: Ahmad, Mohd Riduan, Mohammad Sabri, Muhammad Haziq, Al-Kahtani, Ammar Ahmed, Shamsul Baharin, Shamsul Ammar, Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin, Nordin, Farah Hani, Lu, Gaopeng, Zhang, Hongbo, Williams, Earle, Cooray, Vernon
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2022
• Online Access: http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/26369/2/HAZIQ%20PAPER%201%20REDUCED.PDF; http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/26369/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0169809522002460

In this paper, we examine the initiation event of two tropical negative cloud to ground (CG) lightning flashes within reversal distance (<8 km) detected on 12 (CG1) and 24 (CG2) November 2019, respectively. The CG flashes were recorded using a fast antenna (FA), slow antenna (SA), magnetic field...