Whistler echo trains triggered by energetic winter lightning

I Kolmašová, O Santolík, J Manninen - Nature Communications, 2024 - nature.com
Lightning generated electromagnetic impulses propagating in the magnetospheric plasma
disperse into whistlers–several seconds long radio wave signals with decreasing frequency …

Specularly reflected whistler: A low-latitude channel to couple lightning energy to the magnetosphere

VS Sonwalkar, A Reddy - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
Lightning-generated whistlers profoundly affect the energetic particle population in Earth's
radiation belts, influencing space weather and endangering astronauts and satellites. We …

Bayesian analysis of the detection performance of the lightning imaging sensors

KS Virts, TJ Lang, DE Buechler… - Journal of Atmospheric …, 2024 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract Identical Lightning Imaging Sensors (LIS) aboard the Tropical Rainfall Measuring
Mission satellite (TRMM LIS, 1998–2015) and International Space Station (ISS LIS, 2017 …

Optimizing lightning location accuracy: A study of propagation velocity and time of arrival in long-range lightning location algorithms

J Li, L Song, Q Zhang, S Wang, J Yang, Q Ge - Measurement, 2024 - Elsevier
The propagation velocity (v) and time of arrival (T a) are the primary factors affecting long-
range lightning location. In this paper, we have enhanced the Very Low Frequency Long …