Premium
Reconstruction of Global Lightning Activity Based on Schumann Resonance Measurements: Model Description and Synthetic Tests
Author(s) -
Prácser E.,
Bozóki T.,
Sátori G.,
Williams E.,
Guha A.,
Yu H.
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
radio science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.371
H-Index - 84
eISSN - 1944-799X
pISSN - 0048-6604
DOI - 10.1029/2018rs006772
Subject(s) - schumann resonances , inversion (geology) , lightning (connector) , resonance (particle physics) , extremely low frequency , computer science , remote sensing , physics , electromagnetic field , meteorology , algorithm , geology , geophysics , seismology , atomic physics , quantum mechanics , ionosphere , power (physics) , tectonics
Abstract An inversion algorithm for multistation Schumann resonance measurements is presented and tested in this paper. The location and intensity of the lightning activity is estimated in absolute unit (C 2 km 2 /s) from the Schumann resonance electromagnetic field components measured at distant observation sites on the globe. We summarize the main steps of the forward modeling for single and multiple sources and describe the main characteristics of the applied inversion. The applicability of the inversion algorithm is tested via synthetic data.