What Lies Beneath a Gigantic Jet Lightning Event?

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Channel: Frankie Lucena  

Well, I took the radar images and charge structure data from a Gigantic Jet event that was captured on Sept. 28th 2010 in Florida and superimposed it on a Gigantic Jet event that the Gemini Observatory/AURA cam captured in Hawaii, just to get an idea.

Levi Boggs helped me with the dimensions and in supplying me with the radar and charge structure images. Here is how the charge structure was obtained:

"The charge structure producing gigantic jets is found from a combination of different radar variables, lightning data, and lightning simulations, but information about the charge structure is first obtained from re-analyzing available VHF lightning mapping data at different periods of the storms."

Video length: 0:51
Category: Science & Technology
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