November 20, 2023 by John Clyne

VAPOR in Nature

This month long-time VAPOR collaborator and advisor Pablo Mininni, University of Buenos Aires, published this exciting article on volcanic lightning in Nature. Mininni et al used VAPOR to visualize millions of simulated particles that can collide and generate static electricity, which may result in intense volcanic lightning. The recent Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai eruption, upon which this study is based, generated the highest concentration of volcanic lightning strikes ever recorded.