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Timing Calibration and Windowing Technique Comparison for Lightning Mapping Arrays [PDF]

Earth and Space Science, 2021
Since their introduction 22 years ago, lightning mapping arrays (LMA) have played a central role in the investigation of lightning physics. Even in recent years with the proliferation of digital interferometers and the introduction of the LOw Frequency ...
Brian M. Hare, Harald Edens, Paul Krehbiel, William Rison, O. Scholten, S. Buitink, A. Corstanje, H. Falcke, J. R. Hörandel, Tim Huege, G. K. Krampah, P. Mitra, K. Mulrey, Anna Nelles, Hershal Pandya, J. P. Rachen, S. Thoudam, T. N. Trinh, S. ter Veen, Tobias Winchen   +19 more
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A 3D Interferometer-Type Lightning Mapping Array for Observation of Winter Lightning in Japan

Remote Sensing, 2023
We have developed and deployed a 3D Interferometer-type Lightning Mapping Array (InLMA) for observing winter lightning in Japan. InLMA consists of three broadband interferometers installed at three stations with a distance from 3 to 5 km.
Junchen Yang, Daohong Wang, Haitao Huang, Ting Wu, Nobuyuki Takagi, Kazuo Yamamoto   +5 more
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Lightning‐Produced Nitrogen Oxides Per Flash Length Obtained by Using TROPOMI Observations and the Ebro Lightning Mapping Array

Geophysical Research Letters, 2023
Lightning is one of the main sources of NOx in the Earth's atmosphere. However, there is a large variability in NOx production during the lifetime of thunderstorms.
Francisco J. Pérez‐Invernón, Francisco J. Gordillo‐Vázquez, Oscar van derVelde, Joan Montanyá, Jesús Alberto López Trujillo, Nicolau Pineda, Heidi Huntrieser, Pieter Valks, Diego Loyola, Sora Seo, Thilo Erbertseder   +10 more
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The Illumination of Thunderclouds by Lightning: 3. Retrieving Optical Source Altitude [PDF]

Earth and Space Science, 2022
Optical space‐based lightning sensors such as the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) detect and geolocate lightning by recording rapid changes in cloud top illumination.
Michael Peterson, Tracy E. L. Light, Douglas Mach   +2 more
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Three-Dimensional Mapping on Lightning Discharge Processes Using Two VHF Broadband Interferometers

Remote Sensing, 2022
Lightning Very-high-frequency (VHF) broadband interferometer has become an effective approach to map lightning channels in two dimensions with high time resolution.
Zhuling Sun, Xiushu Qie, Mingyuan Liu, Rubin Jiang, Hongbo Zhang   +4 more
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First High‐Speed Video Camera Observations of a Lightning Flash Associated With a Downward Terrestrial Gamma‐Ray Flash

Geophysical Research Letters, 2023
In this paper, we present the first high‐speed video observation of a cloud‐to‐ground lightning flash and its associated downward‐directed Terrestrial Gamma‐ray Flash (TGF).
R. U. Abbasi, M. M. F. Saba, J. W. Belz, P. R. Krehbiel, W. Rison, N. Kieu, D. R. daSilva, M. A. Stanley, Dan Rodeheffer, J. Remington, J. Mazich, R. LeVon, K. Smout, A. Petrizze, T. Abu‐Zayyad, M. Allen, R. Arimura, E. Barcikowski, D. R. Bergman, S. A. Blake, I. Buckland, B. G. Cheon, M. Chikawa, T. Fujii, K. Fujisue, K. Fujita, R. Fujiwara, M. Fukushima, G. Furlich, N. Globus, R. Gonzalez, W. Hanlon, N. Hayashida, H. He, K. Hibino, R. Higuchi, K. Honda, D. Ikeda, N. Inoue, T. Ishii, H. Ito, D. Ivanov, H. Iwakura, A. Iwasaki, H. M. Jeong, S. Jeong, C. C. H. Jui, K. Kadota, F. Kakimoto, O. Kalashev, K. Kasahara, S. Kasami, S. Kawakami, K. Kawata, I. Kharuk, E. Kido, H. B. Kim, J. H. Kim, J. H. Kim, S. W. Kim, Y. Kimura, I. Komae, Y. Kubota, M. Kuznetsov, Y. J. Kwon, K. H. Lee, B. Lubsandorzhiev, J. P. Lundquist, T. Matsuyama, J. N. Matthews, R. Mayta, I. Myers, S. Nagataki, K. Nakai, R. Nakamura, T. Nakamura, A. Nakazawa, E. Nishio, T. Nonaka, S. Ogio, M. Ohnishi, H. Ohoka, Y. Oku, T. Okuda, Y. Omura, M. Ono, A. Oshima, S. Ozawa, I. H. Park, M. Potts, M. S. Pshirkov, D. C. Rodriguez, C. Rott, G. I. Rubtsov, D. Ryu, H. Sagawa, N. Sakaki, T. Sako, N. Sakurai, K. Sato, T. Seki, K. Sekino, P. D. Shah, Y. Shibasaki, N. Shibata, T. Shibata, J. Shikita, H. Shimodaira, B. K. Shin, H. S. Shin, D. Shinto, J. D. Smith, P. Sokolsky, B. T. Stokes, T. A. Stroman, K. Takahashi, M. Takamura, M. Takeda, R. Takeishi, A. Taketa, M. Takita, Y. Tameda, K. Tanaka, M. Tanaka, S. B. Thomas, G. B. Thomson, P. Tinyakov, I. Tkachev, H. Tokuno, T. Tomida, S. Troitsky, R. Tsuda, Y. Tsunesada, S. Udo, T. Uehama, F. Urban, D. Warren, T. Wong, M. Yamamoto, K. Yamazaki, K. Yashiro, F. Yoshida, Y. Zhezher, Z. Zundel   +143 more
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Lightning Detection and Imaging Based on VHF Radar Interferometry

Remote Sensing, 2021
In this study, detection and three-dimensional (3D) imaging of lightning plasma channels are presented using radar interferometry. Experiments were carried out in Leshan, China with a 48.2 MHz VHF radar configured with an interferometric antenna array ...
Wenjie Yin, Weizheng Jin, Chen Zhou, Yi Liu, Qiong Tang, Moran Liu, Guanyi Chen, Zhengyu Zhao   +7 more
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Analysis of the Configuration Relationship Between the Morphological Characteristics of Lightning Channels and the Charge Structure Based on the Localization of VHF Radiation Sources

Geophysical Research Letters, 2022
The lightning channel morphology is closely related to developmental processes, which depends on the charge structure. There is currently a lack of understanding of how lightning channel morphology reveals developmental characteristics and charge ...
YuRui Li, Yang Zhang, YiJun Zhang, Paul R. Krehbiel   +3 more
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Huntsville Alabama Marx Meter Array 2: Upgrade and Capability

Earth and Space Science, 2020
The Córdoba Argentina Marx Meter Array (CAMMA), consisting of 10 second‐generation Huntsville Alabama Marx Meter Array (HAMMA 2) sensors, operated at Córdoba, Argentina, during the Remote sensing of Electrification, Lightning, And Mesoscale/microscale ...
Yanan Zhu, Phillip Bitzer, Michael Stewart, Scott Podgorny, David Corredor, Jeff Burchfield, Lawrence Carey, Bruno Medina, Michael Stock   +8 more
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Charge structure in volcanic plumes: a comparison of plume properties predicted by an integral plume model to observations of volcanic lightning during the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland [PDF]

, 2014
Observations of volcanic lightning made using a lightning mapping array during the 2010 eruption of Eyjafjallajökull allow the trajectory and growth of the volcanic plume to be determined.
Behnke, Sonja A., Woodhouse, Mark J.
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