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Characteristics of Preliminary Breakdown Pulses in Positive Ground Flashes during Summer Thunderstorms in Sweden [PDF]
Atmosphere, 2016 This paper presents the characteristics of the preliminary breakdown pulses (PBP) in 51 positive ground flashes recorded during 2014 summer thunderstorms in Sweden.
Dalina Johari +4 more
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Remote SensingWe have studied the parameters of preliminary breakdown (PB) pulses in 395 normal and 319 inverted intracloud (IC) flashes observed in Gifu, Japan, and Ningxia, China, respectively, by using a low-frequency mapping system called fast antenna lightning ...
Dongdong Shi +8 more
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TecnoLógicas, 2022 Lightning-generated electric field measurement is used to characterize cloud-to-ground (CG) flashes. Prior to the first return stroke (FRS), these signals sometimes exhibit a pulse train, known as preliminary breakdown pulses (PBP), whose study provides ...
Camilo A. Granados +2 more
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The Scientific World Journal, 2021 We have analyzed the breakdown pulse train with or without the main event in this paper. Among the selected 81 flashes, 36 flashes are starting positively, and 45 are starting negatively.
Pitri Bhakta Adhikari +1 more
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Temporal analysis on pulse train of lightning discharge observed in Malacca, Malaysia
Energy Reports, 2023 A few significant studies discovered that a pulse train tends to initiate subsequent return stroke in the same way that a preliminary breakdown pulse activates the first return stroke.
N. Asrina Ramlee +3 more
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Pulse induced failures in bi-axially oriented polypropylene capacitors: Experimental investigation
Ain Shams Engineering Journal, 2023 An experimental study of the absorption of high energy pulses in bi-axially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) capacitors is reported in the paper. The pulse handling performance test is used to identify the material or mechanical problem characteristics ...
Juraj Kurimský +2 more
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Effects of Pulse Duration in Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy
U.Porto Journal of Engineering, 2022 Laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is a technique that leverages atomic emission towards element identification and quantification. While the potential of the technology is vast, it still struggles with obstacles such as the variability of the ...
Miguel Ferreira +4 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 +5 more
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Atmosphere, 2015 In this study, the electric field signatures of negative ground flashes pertinent to the Swedish thunderstorms were recorded simultaneously during the summer of 2014 using wide (up to 100 MHz) and narrow (at 3 MHz and 30 MHz as central frequencies ...
Mohd Muzafar Ismail +5 more
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Characteristics of lightning-generated electric fields measured in the Bogotá Savanna, Colombia
Revista UIS Ingenierías, 2017 In this paper, important features of electric fields produced by cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning flashes in the central region of Colombia are analyzed. This study is the first conducted in the country where more than 100 CG lightning flash signatures are
Herbert Rojas +2 more
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