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Taylor et al. 1984
Taylor, W.L., Brandes, E.A., Rust, W.D. and MacGorman, D.R. (1984). Lightning activity and severe storm structure. Geophysical Research Letters 11: doi: 10.1029/GL011i005p00545. issn: 0094-8276.

Space-time mapping of VHF sources from four severe storms on 19 June 1980 reveals that lightning processes for cloud-to-ground (CG) and large intracloud (IC) flashes are confined to an altitude below about 10 km and closely associated with the central regions of high reflectivity. Another class of IC flashes produces a splattering of sources within the storms' main electrically active volumes and also within the large divergent wind canopy aloft. There is no apparent temporal association between the small high altitude IC flashes that occur almost continuously and the large IC and CG flashes that occur sporadically in the lower portions of storms.

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