Statistical analysis of negative cloud-to-ground lightning characteristics in Bogota, Colombia based on electric field measurements

Rojas, Herbert E.; Rojas-Cubides, Harvey; Cortes, Camilo A.

doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2021.105798

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“…The electric field changes related with FRS and SRS in CG flashes have been analyzed and reported by many researchers in different regions [5], [6], including Colombia [7]- [9].…”

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Characterization of Preliminary Breakdown Pulse Trains in Negative Cloud-To-Ground Flashes Recorded during A Rainy Season in The Bogota Savannah, Colombia

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Román

2022

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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 information about the first event that originate the breakdown process inside the cloud. Considering that characteristics of PBPs may change according to geographical conditions, in this work, six parameters (temporal and magnitude) associated with 69 trains identified in negative CG flashes that occurred in the Bogota savannah, Colombia were analyzed. The signatures were recorded in 2017 using a fast response antenna (10 MHz bandwidth), a 100 ns sampling time and a window of 500 ms. Among the most relevant results, it was found that the train duration ( ) varied from 0.5 ms up to 5.2 ms with arithmetic mean (AM) of 1.74 ms, while the time interval between the peak of the train and the FRS (PBP-FRS) had an AM and a geometric mean (GM) of 35.7 ms and 10.2 ms, respectively. On the other hand, the ratio between the peak value of the PBP and its FRS ( ) exhibited an AM of 0.7 and a GM of 0.56. It was concluded that PBP train starts with low amplitude pulses, later increases its magnitude in the central region and decreases at the end. Furthermore, bipolar pulses with similar polarity to that of the FRS were identified at the beginning and in the middle of the train, while unipolar pulses were observed at the end of the signatures.

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“…The electric field changes related with FRS and SRS in CG flashes have been analyzed and reported by many researchers in different regions [5], [6], including Colombia [7]- [9].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%