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During a rebounding collision, a smaller particle removes some of the positive charge from the lower half of the larger particle and is swept up in the air currents. The larger particle falls with a net negative charge. Both particles move in directions that reinforce the external electric field 20 The lightning flash cloud. The above workers calculated the magnitude of the charge separated when two spherical particles interacted in a given electric field in terms of their radii, time of contact and point of impact.
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The mixed-phase region is bounded by the 0◦ C and −40◦ C isotherms, which translates to a vertical extent in the atmosphere of 5–6 km. In summer this region is 4–5 km above the earth’s surface. In winter, this region begins near the earth’s surface and extends upward. This effect alone will obviously contribute greatly to both the seasonal and geographic variability of thunderstorms. Boundary-layer aerosol concentration: The earth’s atmosphere is polluted with submicroscopic particles whose concentration varies widely.