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IN studies of atmospheric radio noise from thunderstorms, and of its interference with radio systems, it is useful to know the wave-forms of the atmospherics received in different frequency bands from a single lightning discharge. Although measurements of the electromagnetic field changes are the basis of much of our knowledge of the discharge processes, they have been mainly restricted to frequencies less than 100 kc./s. Norinder1 has recorded sample of noise at 500 kc./s., but there are few records of the waveforms of atmospherics in the high-frequency band which is important for long-distance communication. Records obtained at the Radio Research Station, Slough, during two local thunderstorms are therefore of interest both in the study of radio interference and also as a possible source of further information about the discharge processes.
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HORNER, F., CLARKE, C. Radio Noise from Lightning Discharges. Nature 181, 688–690 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/181688a0
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