Balloon observations of temporal variation in the global circuit compared to global lightning activity

Robert H. Holzworth; Edgar A. Bering; Michael F. Kokorowski; Erin H. Lay; Brandon Reddell; Akira Kadokura; Hisao Yamagishi; Natsuo Sato; Masaki Ejiri; Haruto Hirosawa; Takamasa Yamagami; Shoji Torii; Fumio Tohyama; Michio Nakagawa; Toshimi Okada; Richard L. Dowden

doi:10.1016/j.asr.2005.07.009

Balloon observations of temporal variation in the global circuit compared to global lightning activity

Robert H. Holzworth^*, Edgar A. Bering, Michael F. Kokorowski, Erin H. Lay, Brandon Reddell, Akira Kadokura, Hisao Yamagishi, Natsuo Sato, Masaki Ejiri, Haruto Hirosawa, Takamasa Yamagami, Shoji Torii, Fumio Tohyama, Michio Nakagawa, Toshimi Okada, Richard L. Dowden

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Abstract

Vertical electric current density was obtained from direct electric field and conductivity measurements on two stratospheric balloon payloads during the 2nd polar patrol balloon (PPB) campaign from Syowa Station in Antarctica during January 2003. Payloads of these two flights were identical and were launched 8-h apart resulting in separation distances of a few hundred km during the time of overlapping data. The float altitude of each was a little over 30 km. The global circuit return current derived from these measurements is compared to the global lightning activity determined by the world wide lightning location (WWLLN) network. The total number of lightning events detected anywhere in the world are simply summed to form an hourly lightning flash rate for the time of the PPB data. The WWLLN and return current density data are shown to have a strong correlation, often with a strong universal time daily variation, similar to that expected for the global circuit.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	2223-2228
Number of pages	6
Journal	Advances in Space Research
Volume	36
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2005.07.009
Publication status	Published - 2005
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Balloon
Electric field
Global circuit
Lightning
Polar patrol balloon
Stratosphere
World wide lightning location

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Space and Planetary Science
Astronomy and Astrophysics

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Holzworth, R. H., Bering, E. A., Kokorowski, M. F., Lay, E. H., Reddell, B., Kadokura, A., Yamagishi, H., Sato, N., Ejiri, M., Hirosawa, H., Yamagami, T., Torii, S., Tohyama, F., Nakagawa, M., Okada, T., & Dowden, R. L. (2005). Balloon observations of temporal variation in the global circuit compared to global lightning activity. Advances in Space Research, 36(11), 2223-2228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2005.07.009

Holzworth, RH, Bering, EA, Kokorowski, MF, Lay, EH, Reddell, B, Kadokura, A, Yamagishi, H, Sato, N, Ejiri, M, Hirosawa, H, Yamagami, T, Torii, S, Tohyama, F, Nakagawa, M, Okada, T & Dowden, RL 2005, 'Balloon observations of temporal variation in the global circuit compared to global lightning activity', Advances in Space Research, vol. 36, no. 11, pp. 2223-2228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asr.2005.07.009

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