Vol. 35, issue 03, article # 5

Mikhailovskii Yu. P., Zainetdinov B. G., Sin’kevich A. A., Pawar S. D., Toropova M. L., Kurov A. B., Gopalakrishnan V. Effectiveness of monitoring the electrical state of clouds in the near zone by remote radiophysical instruments. // Optika Atmosfery i Okeana. 2022. V. 35. No. 03. P. 205–211. DOI: 10.15372/AOO20220305 [in Russian].
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Abstract:

The results of field experiments with thunderclouds are analyzed for north-west of the Russian Federation and India. The state of the clouds was monitored by the C-band Doppler radar (Russia), the Blitzortung (Russia) and MLDN (India) lightning location network, and the ground fluxmeter system. It is shown that fluxmeters record a significantly greater number of “cloud  ground” lightning in the near zone than Blitzortung and MLDN.

Keywords:

radar, lightning direction finder, fluxmeter, thundercloud, hazardous weather forecast

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