Progresses in the Atmospheric Electricity Researches in China during 2006-2010

Atmospheric electricity is composed of a wide range of electric phenomena in the troposphere, strato- sphere, and even lower ionosphere. Research progress on atmospheric electricity in the past 5 years in China are briefly reviewed here. This research area has been greatly expanded through rocket-triggered lightning experiments and the increased use of high spatio-temporal resolution techniques for the detection and location of lightning. The main results described in this review are summarized in the following five aspects： （1） processes and parameters inferred from rocket-triggered lightning, （2） lightning physics and ef- fects （observations and theoretical study）, （3） lightning activities associated with different thunderstorms, （4） charge structure of thunderstorms （observations and simulation）, and （5） the VHF/UHF lightning location techniques and discharge channel mapping.