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Total lightning refers to

  • A.cloud to ground flashes counted on their own
  • B.the total current carried in a single flash
  • C.the total charge stored within the whole cloud
  • D.intracloud and cloud to ground flashes taken together

Answer: D

Networks measuring both give a fuller picture of storm electrification than cloud to ground alone. The intracloud rate responds to updraught changes earlier than the cloud to ground rate does. Charging begins aloft before the lower centre forms.

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