The Discharge Characteristics of TLE-Producing Lightning
Abstract
On 2 August 2010 and from a site located at the southern tip of Taiwan, we observed 51 TLEs over a thunderstorm near Luzon Island which featured abundant negative cloud-to-ground (-CG) lightning. The TLE events include 42 negative elves, 7 negative halos, 3 positive sprites, and 1 negative cloud-toionosphere (-CI; TYPE I) gigantic jet. The ULF and VLF band sferics of these TLEs were also recorded by radio stations in Taiwan. The radio waveforms of the TLE-associated lightning discharges appear to show dependence on the type of TLEs. For example, the ratio of the peak magnetic field in ULF and VLF bands appear to vary with the type of TLEs. Also based on the observed sferics, we try to find the discharge waveform for the lightning that will induce TLEs.
- Publication:
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European Planetary Science Congress
- Pub Date:
- September 2013
- Bibcode:
- 2013EPSC....8..478C