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VHF Radio Interferometry of Lightning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

P.R. Krehbiel ,
X.M. Shao ,
R.J. Thomas ,
C.T. Rhodes  and
C.O. Hayenga
P.R. Krehbiel
Affiliation:
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801
X.M. Shao
Affiliation:
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801
R.J. Thomas
Affiliation:
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM 87801
C.T. Rhodes
Affiliation:
Los Alamos National Laboratories, Los Alamos, NM 87545
C.O. Hayenga
Affiliation:
Array Technology Corp., Boulder, CO 80301

Abstract

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Lightning discharges radiate strongly at radio frequencies, and studies of the radiation provide valuable information on lightning breakdown processes. Interferometric techniques can be used to locate the numerous radiation events as a function of time during a discharge and to generate images of the developing lightning channels inside a storm, where they are obscured from view at optical wavelengths.

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Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 131: Radio Interferometry: Theory, Techniques, and Applications , 1991 , pp. 372 - 375
Copyright
Copyright © Astronomical Society of the Pacific 1991

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