网页2019年8月1日 · Even though fatal lightning strikes are relatively rare and positive lightning makes up only five percent of all lightning strikes, positive lightning is a lot more deadly than negative lightning. It isn't just raw power that sets positive lightning bolts apart.
网页2023年4月5日 · Positive lightning can be the dominant type of cloud-to-ground during the winter months and in the dissipating stage of a thunderstorm. Positive lightning has been identified as a major source for electrical discharges that happen above the thunderstorm, like sprites and elves.
网页Positive lightning strikes tend to be much more intense than their negative counterparts. An average bolt of negative lightning carries an electric current of 30,000 amperes (30 kA), and transfers 15 C of electric charge and 1 gigajoule of energy.
网页2020年7月27日 · Positive lightning strikes are way more powerful than negative lightning strikes and can strike more than 20 miles away from the storm. This means someone sitting under a sunny sky can be...
网页Positive lightning can be the dominate type of cloud-to-ground during the winter months and in the dissipating stage of a thunderstorm. Positive lightning has been identified as a major source for the recently discovered sprites and elves.