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The excerpt attributes repeated lightning concentration at tall grounded structures to stronger upper-extremity fields initiating upward leaders earlier than at short nearby objects. DIRECT_TEXT

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Source: Luminosity Characteristics of CN Tower Lightning Flash Components (I. Sra, A. M. Hussein, P. Liatos, Ryerson University) · locator {} · excerpt hash sha256:71671dbeba2382d1ecca3e7e0643e8891eff130f65e0d7b8c2368caddf6dc8b9

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The CN Tower usually receives several dozens of lightning flashes yearly, due to its tall altitude. However, the lightning ground flash density in Toronto is about two [Hussein et al., 2010a]. A grounded tall structure produces relatively large electric field enhancement near their upper extremities so that upward leaders are initiated earlier from these structures as compared to short objects in its vicinity and, therefore, serve to make the tall structure a preferential lightning termination point.

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