Streamer — or Streamers may refer to:* Streamers , play by David Rabe * Streamers (film), adaptation directed by Robert Altman* Positive streamer, lightning bolt * Streamer (parachute) * Streamer (flag), used in Heraldry * Steamer (fishing), fly flishing… … Wikipedia
Lightning — This article is about the atmospheric electrical phenomenon. For other uses, see Lightning (disambiguation). See also: Lightning strike Lightning striking Atlanta, United States Lightning is an atmospheric electrostatic discharge (spar … Wikipedia
Stepped leader — A stepped leader (possibly also referred to as a step leader ) is a path of ionized air which extends downward from a thundercloud during the initial stages of atmospheric breakdown during a lightning strike. Often, there are multiple, branching… … Wikipedia
Leader (spark) — A leader is a hot, highly conductive channel of plasma that plays a critical part during dielectric breakdown within in a long electrical spark. When a gas is subjected to high voltage stress, the electric field is often quite non uniform near… … Wikipedia
List of meteorology topics — This is a list of meteorology topics. The terms relate to meteorology, the interdisciplinary scientific study of the atmosphere that focuses on weather processes and forecasting. (see also: List of meteorological phenomena)AlphanumericTOC… … Wikipedia
Dart leader — A dart leader (also known as a continuous leader ; may have been referred to by Feynman as a dark leader Fact|date=February 2007) is the cloud to ground movement of electrons which occurs just before a secondary lightning strike. The dart leader… … Wikipedia
Nitrogen laser — A 337nm wavelength and 170 µJ pulse energy 20 Hz cartridge nitrogen laser A nitrogen laser is a gas laser operating in the ultraviolet range[1] (typically 337.1 nm) using molecular nitrogen as its gain medium, pumped by an electrical… … Wikipedia
Plasma (physics) — For other uses, see Plasma. Plasma lamp, illustrating some of the more complex phenomena of a plasma, including filamentation. The colors are a result of relaxation of electrons in excited states to lower energy states after they have recombined… … Wikipedia
Diana Nyad — Born August 22, 1949 (1949 08 22) (age 62) New York City, New York Occupation Author, journalist, swimmer Website … Wikipedia
Solar wind — For other uses, see Solar wind (disambiguation). The solar wind is a stream of charged particles ejected from the upper atmosphere of the Sun. It mostly consists of electrons and protons with energies usually between 1.5 and 10 keV. The stream of … Wikipedia
