Zaid Pervez

“To confirm our explanation on lightning initiation, I compared our results to previous modeling, observation studies and my own work on a type of lightning called compact intercloud discharges, which usually occur in small, localized regions in thunderclouds.”

Zaid Pervez · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-28

Zaid Pervez explained how he confirmed the team's explanation of lightning initiation.

“We explained how photoelectric events occur, what conditions need to be in thunderclouds to initiate the cascade of electrons, and what is causing the wide variety of radio signals that we observe in clouds all prior to a lightning strike,”

Zaid Pervez · said date not stated · reported 2025-07-28

Zaid Pervez described what the team's simulation explained regarding thundercloud conditions prior to a lightning strike.