LOFAR Lightning Imaging: Mapping Lightning With Nanosecond Precision

Lightning mapping technology has proven instrumental in understanding lightning. In this work we present a pipeline that can use lightning observed by the LOw‐Frequency ARray (LOFAR) radio telescope to construct a 3‐D map of the flash. We show that LOFAR has unparalleled precision, on the order of m...

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Autores principales: Hare, B. M., Scholten, O., Bonardi, A., Buitink, S., Corstanje, A., Ebert, U., Falcke, H., Hörandel, J. R., Leijnse, H., Mitra, P., Mulrey, K., Nelles, A., Rachen, J. P., Rossetto, L., Rutjes, C., Schellart, P., Thoudam, S., Trinh, T. N. G., ter Veen, S., Winchen, T.
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Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5993312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29938144
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017JD028132
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author Hare, B. M.
Scholten, O.
Bonardi, A.
Buitink, S.
Corstanje, A.
Ebert, U.
Falcke, H.
Hörandel, J. R.
Leijnse, H.
Mitra, P.
Mulrey, K.
Nelles, A.
Rachen, J. P.
Rossetto, L.
Rutjes, C.
Schellart, P.
Thoudam, S.
Trinh, T. N. G.
ter Veen, S.
Winchen, T.
author_facet Hare, B. M.
Scholten, O.
Bonardi, A.
Buitink, S.
Corstanje, A.
Ebert, U.
Falcke, H.
Hörandel, J. R.
Leijnse, H.
Mitra, P.
Mulrey, K.
Nelles, A.
Rachen, J. P.
Rossetto, L.
Rutjes, C.
Schellart, P.
Thoudam, S.
Trinh, T. N. G.
ter Veen, S.
Winchen, T.
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description Lightning mapping technology has proven instrumental in understanding lightning. In this work we present a pipeline that can use lightning observed by the LOw‐Frequency ARray (LOFAR) radio telescope to construct a 3‐D map of the flash. We show that LOFAR has unparalleled precision, on the order of meters, even for lightning flashes that are over 20 km outside the area enclosed by LOFAR antennas (∼3,200 km(2)), and can potentially locate over 10,000 sources per lightning flash. We also show that LOFAR is the first lightning mapping system that is sensitive to the spatial structure of the electrical current during individual lightning leader steps.
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spelling pubmed-59933122018-06-20 LOFAR Lightning Imaging: Mapping Lightning With Nanosecond Precision Hare, B. M. Scholten, O. Bonardi, A. Buitink, S. Corstanje, A. Ebert, U. Falcke, H. Hörandel, J. R. Leijnse, H. Mitra, P. Mulrey, K. Nelles, A. Rachen, J. P. Rossetto, L. Rutjes, C. Schellart, P. Thoudam, S. Trinh, T. N. G. ter Veen, S. Winchen, T. J Geophys Res Atmos Research Articles Lightning mapping technology has proven instrumental in understanding lightning. In this work we present a pipeline that can use lightning observed by the LOw‐Frequency ARray (LOFAR) radio telescope to construct a 3‐D map of the flash. We show that LOFAR has unparalleled precision, on the order of meters, even for lightning flashes that are over 20 km outside the area enclosed by LOFAR antennas (∼3,200 km(2)), and can potentially locate over 10,000 sources per lightning flash. We also show that LOFAR is the first lightning mapping system that is sensitive to the spatial structure of the electrical current during individual lightning leader steps. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018-03-12 2018-03-16 /pmc/articles/PMC5993312/ /pubmed/29938144 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017JD028132 Text en ©2018. The Authors. This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
spellingShingle Research Articles
Hare, B. M.
Scholten, O.
Bonardi, A.
Buitink, S.
Corstanje, A.
Ebert, U.
Falcke, H.
Hörandel, J. R.
Leijnse, H.
Mitra, P.
Mulrey, K.
Nelles, A.
Rachen, J. P.
Rossetto, L.
Rutjes, C.
Schellart, P.
Thoudam, S.
Trinh, T. N. G.
ter Veen, S.
Winchen, T.
LOFAR Lightning Imaging: Mapping Lightning With Nanosecond Precision
title LOFAR Lightning Imaging: Mapping Lightning With Nanosecond Precision
title_full LOFAR Lightning Imaging: Mapping Lightning With Nanosecond Precision
title_fullStr LOFAR Lightning Imaging: Mapping Lightning With Nanosecond Precision
title_full_unstemmed LOFAR Lightning Imaging: Mapping Lightning With Nanosecond Precision
title_short LOFAR Lightning Imaging: Mapping Lightning With Nanosecond Precision
title_sort lofar lightning imaging: mapping lightning with nanosecond precision
topic Research Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5993312/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29938144
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2017JD028132
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