Influence of the Geometric Configuration

The third geometry was that of the Teramobile team during their field campaign in New Mexico [31]. The filament is launched independently from any tower (Fig. 6.5c). Again, very few descending leaders can be intercepted, 

Although phenomenological and simplistic, these simulations show that the efficiency of laser triggering and guiding may be improved by orders of magnitude, provided the laser shots are triggered by electric activity in thunderclouds and kept oriented towards the most active regions of the clouds. 

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Salame, N. Lascoux, E. Salmon, J. Kasparian, J. P. Wolf, Appl. Phys. Lett. 91, 171106 (2007) 

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