The influence of symmetric and non-symmetric charge configurations on the possibility of sprite inception: Numerical experiments with a 3D electrostatic model

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• Charge Centre 40%
• Cloud-to-ground Lightning Flash Density 20%
• Conventional Breakdown 20%
• Dipole 40%
• Electric Field (E-field) 40%
• Electric Potential 20%
• Electrical Breakdown 20%
• Electrical Structure 20%
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• Lower Boundary 20%
• Negative Charge 40%
• Negative Cloud-to-ground Flash 20%
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• Perfectly Conducting 20%
• Poisson Equation 20%
• Screening Charge 20%
• Sensitivity Study 20%
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• Thundercloud 20%
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• Vacuum Condition 20%
• Winter Thunderstorm 20%

Engineering

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• Electric Potential 50%
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• Grid Point 50%
• Negative Charge 50%
• Numerical Experiment 100%
• Sensitivity Study 50%
• Simple Model 50%

Earth and Planetary Sciences

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• Electric Potential 25%
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