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Lightning Discharge


   Weather TermDescription / Definition
   Lightning Discharge The series of electrical processes by which charge is transferred along a channel of high ion density between electrical charge centers of opposite sign. This can be between a cloud and the Earth's surface of a cloud-to-ground discharge.


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