Cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning strike data on the NASA F-106B research aircraft obtained during the 1984-86 storm seasons in the vicinity of Wallops Island, Virginia, are analyzed. The results suggest that CG strikes may represent a significant portion of the total number of lightning strikes encountered by the aircraft at altitudes below 6 km. It is unlikely that an aircraft encounters the first return stroke of the CG flash. The current values of the CG strikes are not different from currents in other types of strikes.


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    Title :

    Cloud-to-ground strikes to the NASA F-106 airplane


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    Publication date :

    1988-01-01


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


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    No indication


    Language :

    English




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