dms_ucsc

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   by dms_ucsc 4y ago

   If you use FB on a computer instead of a phone, the FB Purity browser extension will let you block whatever you like. I haven't seen an ad or suggested post in years. I came here because today FB started putting posts from the groups
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   by dms_ucsc 6y ago

   I agree it is. And C.T.R. Wilson was talking about it in 1925. But the TGFs mentioned in the article are incredibly bright, and what we're trying to understand (I work in this field) is why one lightning flash makes only a modest amo
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   by dms_ucsc 6y ago

   The case in the paper I linked above was an intracloud flash, but nearly all cloud-to-ground flashes also start with a breakdown up in the cloud, so I agree that any model of lightning initiation can apply to both intracloud and cloud-to-gr
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   by dms_ucsc 6y ago

   People in the field have gone back and forth on this, but you might like this paper, which is the best piece of evidence I've seen for it in a specific case of a specific flash. Look in particular at Figure 6 to see the lightning brea
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   by dms_ucsc 6y ago

   Hi, Paul! :) I was sent here by Greg Bowers. -David