Sensor Data Sheds Light on Powerful Lightning Within Clouds

Sensor data sheds light on powerful lightning within clouds

A research team at Los Alamos National Laboratory recently found that the strength difference between two very high-frequency radio pulses in lightning is closely related to the altitude of the lightning in the cloud—a finding that sheds light on how the power in lightning radiates. This, in turn, gives insight into lightning initiation in a particularly powerful type of in-cloud lightning.

Los Alamos Sensor Data Sheds Light On Powerful Lightning Within Clouds

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory used machine learning to amass the largest dataset ever of trans-ionospheric pulse pairs, a very high-frequency radio signal generated by lightning. Their study sheds light on how the power in lightning radiates. Credit/Dreamstime.com LANL News: Research team uses largest dataset ever of very high-frequency radio signals generated by lightning to address long-standing question A research team at Los…

Los Alamos Sensor Data Sheds Light on Powerful Lightning Within Clouds

A research team at Los Alamos National Laboratory recently found that the strength difference between two very high-frequency radio pulses in lightning is closely related to the altitude of the lightning in the cloud -- a finding that sheds light on how the power in lightning radiates.

LANL Sensor Data Sheds Light On Powerful Lightning Within Clouds

Researchers at Los Alamos National Laboratory used machine learning to amass the largest dataset ever of trans-ionospheric pulse pairs, a very high-frequency radio signal generated by lightning. Their study sheds light on how the power in lightning radiates. Credit to: Dreamstime.comLANL NEWS RELEASEA research team at Los Alamos National Laboratory recently found that the strength difference between two very high-frequency radio pulses in lightn…