Daily Arctic Lightning Strokes
- ORNL
In recent decades, lightning activity at high latitudes has increased. Tall thunderstorm clouds affect radiation balance directly, as well as indirectly through lightning-initiated fires and the resulting smoke. One can remotely sense lightning strokes over the globe through their VLF radio emission, and, with multiple receivers, it is possible to precisely locate lightning strokes. This technique makes it possible to continuously monitor arctic lightning--a capability not possible by other means. In this research effort, a World-Wide Lightning Location Network station, consisting of a VLF receiver, signal processing hardware, and analysis software, were installed at the North Slope of Alaska (NSA) facility and planned to operate for several years. This far north location is expected to improve the network's high-latitude detection efficiency.
- Research Organization:
- Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Archive, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (US); ARM Data Center, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Biological and Environmental Research (BER)
- Contributing Organization:
- PNNL, BNL, ANL, ORNL
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 2377965
- Report Number(s):
- ARM0806
- Availability:
- ORNL
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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