First data of the Colombia Lightning Mapping Array - COLMA [PDF]
2016 33rd International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP), 2016 The first data set of VHF lightning mapping using a Lightning Mapping Array system - LMA in a tropical region is presented in this paper. Six sensors were installed at the north of Colombia near Santa Marta city.
Aranguren Fino, Harby Daniel +7 more
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Lightning Mapping With an Array of Fast Antennas
Geophysical Research Letters, 2018 Fast Antenna Lightning Mapping Array (FALMA), a low‐frequency lightning mapping system comprising an array of fast antennas, was developed and established in Gifu, Japan, during the summer of 2017.
Ting Wu, Daohong Wang, Nobuyuki Takagi
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Spatio-temporal dimension of lightning flashes based on three-dimensional Lightning Mapping Array [PDF]
Atmospheric Research, 2017 3D mapping system like the LMA - Lightning Mapping Array - are a leap forward in lightning observation. LMA measurements has lead to an improvement on the analysis of the fine structure of lightning, allowing to characterize the duration and maximum ...
Fabró Tàpia, Ferran +5 more
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Concurrent satellite and ground-based lightning observations from the Optical Lightning Imaging Sensor (ISS-LIS), the low-frequency network Meteorage and the SAETTA Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) in the northwestern Mediterranean region [PDF]
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, 2020 The new space-based Lightning Imager (LI) onboard the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) geostationary satellite will improve the observation of lightning over Europe, the Mediterranean Sea, Africa and the Atlantic Ocean from 2021 onwards.
F. Erdmann +6 more
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Guangdong Lightning Mapping Array: Errors Evaluation and Preliminary Results
Earth and Space Science, 2023 The Guangdong Lightning Mapping Array (GDLMA), as the first LMA in China, was deployed in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China, in November 2018 by the Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences and New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.
Huiyi Zhang +5 more
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Imaging lightning intracloud initial stepped leaders by low‐frequency interferometric lightning mapping array [PDF]
Geophysical Research Letters, 2016 By comparing the source position of pulses during initial leaders and the paths of subsequent dart leaders from typical bilevel intracloud (IC) flashes, we demonstrate a new method to image the detailed three‐dimensional (3‐D) structure and stepping ...
Fanchao Lyu +4 more
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Lightning VHF Radiation Mapping Method for an Irregular Short‐Baseline Array
Earth and Space Science, 2023 Lightning very high frequency interferometry is a crucial tool for studying the development of lightning leaders within thunderclouds, and the conventional antenna array is composed of two coplanar orthogonal baselines.
Shanfeng Yuan +5 more
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Earth and Space Science, 2023 A validation study of the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) on board the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite 16 (GOES‐16) was done using a ground‐based lightning mapping array (LMA) deployed as part of the Remote sensing of ...
Timothy J. Lang
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High altitude leaders mapped by the Colombia lightning mapping array [PDF]
, 2016 On April 2015 a Lightning Mapping Array network (COL-LMA) was installed at the north of Colombia. This network provides 3D mapping of the development of lightning leaders. For the first time such network has been setup in the tropics.
Fabró Tàpia, Ferran +4 more
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Atmosphere, 2022 Polarimetric radar data and total lightning data are used to develop lightning cessation guidance for isolated cells in the Washington, D.C. area. A total of 23 non-severe thunderstorms during the 2015–2017 warm seasons are analyzed.
John J. Drugan, Ari D. Preston
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