| Instrument: LONG STREAMERS |
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Related Data Sets View all records related to this instrument Description LONG STREAMERS are long sinuous channels of very high ion density that propagates itself through a gas by continual establishment of an electron avalanche just ahead of its advancing tip; in lightning discharges; also used to describe a dropsonde observation when, because of either partial or complete parachute failure, the descent speed of the dropsonde exceeds 1500 ft per minute. |
