article_snippet.sent: Method could provide a novel way to understand thunderclouds .
article_snippet.sent: These showers can be measured from the radio emissions that are generated when These showers interact with Earth’s magnetic field.
article_snippet.sent: By measuring this during a thunderstorm, Scientists in The Netherlands found Scientists in The Netherlands could find out information about the electric field in a thundercloud as it affected the radio emissions.
article_snippet.sent: We modeled how the electric field in thunderstorms can explain the different measurements,’ said researcher Dr Pim Schellart from Radboud University in the Netherlands.
article_snippet.sent: How the radio emission changes gives us a lot of information about the electric fields in thunderstorms.
article_snippet.sent: We could even determine the strength of the electric field at a certain height in the cloud.
article_snippet.sent: This new method to measure electric fields in thunderclouds will contribute to a better understanding and ultimately better predictions of lightning activity.
article_snippet.sent: Moving at almost the speed of light they provide a near instantaneous 'picture' of the electric fields in the cloud.
article_snippet.sent: Dr Heino Falcke, also from Radboud University hope to develop the model further to ultimately answer the question: how is lightning initiated within thunderclouds?'
article_snippet.sent: This new method to measure electric fields in thunderclouds will contribute to a better understanding and ultimately better predictions of lightning activity .
highlights_snippet.sent: Method could provide a novel way to understand thunderclouds .