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Observation of the optical and spectral characteristics of ball lightning
Jianyong Cen, Ping Yuan, Simin Xue, 2014. Physical Review Letters 112, 035001.
Reports a ball lightning recorded by two slitless spectrographs with high-speed cameras at a distance of 0.9 km, generated by a cloud-to-ground strike and moving horizontally; documents the evolution of size, colour and intensity and finds emission from soil elements throughout its life.
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The only spectrum of a natural ball lightning.
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Cen, J., Yuan, P., & Xue, S. (2014). Observation of the optical and spectral characteristics of ball lightning. Physical Review Letters 112, 035001. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.035001
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Cen, Jianyong et al.. “Observation of the optical and spectral characteristics of ball lightning.” Physical Review Letters 112, 035001 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.112.035001.