[HTML][HTML] The WGLC global gridded lightning climatology and time series

JO Kaplan, KHK Lau - Earth System Science Data, 2021 - essd.copernicus.org
Lightning is an important atmospheric phenomenon and has wide-ranging influence on the
Earth system, but few long-term observational datasets of lightning occurrence and …

[HTML][HTML] World wide lightning location network (WWLLN) global lightning climatology (WGLC) and time series, 2022 update

JO Kaplan, KHK Lau - Earth System Science Data, 2022 - essd.copernicus.org
Here we describe the 2022 update to the World Wide Lightning Location Network (WWLLN)
Global Lightning Climatology (WGLC) and time series, which extends the dataset with global …

A preliminary investigation of the empirical relationship between small-amplitude Forbush Decreases and solar wind disturbances

FM Menteso, AE Chukwude, O Okike… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
High-magnitude (amplitude) Forbush decreases (FDs) are generally employed by
researchers investigating the solar-terrestrial connection mechanisms. Although it has been …

What determines the observational magnitudes of Forbush events on earth: a critique of the traditional manual method

O Okike - Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Forbush decreases (FDs) seem to be the compass for researchers searching for Sun–Earth
weather relationships. Thus, a wide range of the solar-terrestrial literature is dominated by …

Automated detection of simultaneous/non-simultaneous Forbush decreases and the associated cosmic ray phenomena

O Okike - Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 2020 - Elsevier
The knowledge of the periodic diurnal anisotropy in the cosmic ray (CR) flux intensity as well
as the enhanced anisotropy that might accompany Forbush events is not novel. Theoretical …

A comparison of catalogues of Forbush decreases identified from individual and a network of neutron monitors: a critical perspective

O Okike, JA Alhassan, EU Iyida… - Monthly Notices of the …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Short-term rapid depressions in Galactic cosmic ray (GCR) flux, historically referred to as
Forbush decreases (FDs), have long been recognized as important events in the …

Investigation of the rigidity and sensitivity dependence of neutron monitors for cosmic ray modulation using algorithm-selected Forbush decreases

O Okike, OC Nwuzor - Monthly Notices of the Royal …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
We emphasize the need for a careful and rigorous timing of Forbush decreases (FDs) as
well as a correct calculation of FD magnitudes in studies related to cosmic ray (CR) …

Chree method of analysis: a critique of its application to Forbush events selection criteria and timing

O Okike - The Astrophysical Journal, 2019 - iopscience.iop.org
The Chree method of analysis is a useful tool employed in solar–terrestrial studies. In a bid
to fine-tune the results obtained by the technique, some areas of improvements, especially …

Investigation of Forbush Decreases and other solar/geophysical agents associated with lightning over the US latitude band and the continental Africa

O Okike - Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Regardless of the numerous significant contributions in the field (eg, Svensmark, H. &
Svensmark, J., 2009, https://doi. org/10.1029/2009GL038429; Svensmark, J., et al, 2012 …

Preliminary investigation of the multivariate relations between program-selected forbush decreases, worldwide lightning frequency, sunspot number and other solar …

O Okike, JA Alhassan - The European Physical Journal Plus, 2022 - epjplus.epj.org
Solar wind disturbances such as coronal mass ejections and their interplanetary
counterparts and corotating interaction regions are interconnected with solar-terrestrial …