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cloud-to-cloud lightning [1 record]

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Record 1 2015-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
DEF

A lightning discharge that occurs between areas of the same cloud (intra cloud) or from one cloud to another cloud (inter cloud).

OBS

Cloud-to-cloud flashes are much more common than cloud-to-ground flashes (on average there are three to five cloud-to-cloud flashes, for every one cloud-to-ground flash).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
DEF

[...] éclair qui se produit entre différentes zones d'un même nuage (intranuageux) ou d'un nuage à l'autre (internuageux).

OBS

Les éclairs nuage-nuage sont beaucoup plus fréquents que les éclairs nuage-sol (il y a en moyenne trois à cinq éclairs nuage-nuage pour chaque éclair nuage-sol).

Spanish

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