Thanks to new 3D radio and optical mapping, scientists have published more information on a phenomenon called a “gigantic jet,” which is a massive electrical discharge that exits the top of a thunderstorm and connects with the lower edge of space.
Scientists Reveal New Info on ‘Giant Jets’ of Lightning in the Atmosphere
“I was flying 35,000 feet over the Gulf of Mexico near the Yucatan Peninsula when a super cell started pulsing with light,” he toldat the time. “It wasn’t just ordinary lightning, though. The cell was also creating lots of sprites and jets leaping up from the thunderhead.” As explained in the study, occasionally lightning will exit the top of a thunderstorm and connect to the lower edge of space and form a gigantic jet of energy. But in addition to the massive electrical charge these jets emit, this particular giant jet perplexed Boggs because it did not take place where these jets are normally observed.
Not only was this particular jet captured by a local citizen scientist, but it was also detected by a mapping system for very high frequency radio signals sparked by lightning bolts, two Next Generation Weather Radar stations, and NOAA’s Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite network.
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