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Characteristic of Lightning Channel in the Thundercloud from Thunder

Research Project

Project/Area Number 02650210
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 電力工学
Research InstitutionNUMAZU COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY

Principal Investigator

WAKAMATSU Masatoshi  Numazu C.of T., Electrical Engineering Professor, 電気工学科, 教授 (40043145)

Project Period (FY) 1990 – 1992
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1992)
Budget Amount *help
¥2,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1992: ¥200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥200,000)
Fiscal Year 1991: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000)
Fiscal Year 1990: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000)
KeywordsThunder / Winter lightning / Duration of thunder / Dominant frequency / Channel reconstruction / Spatial resolution / Mulitistroke lightning / Simultanous strokes to different points / 卓越周波数 / 継続時間 / 雷放電路の再現 / 両極性多重雷 / ロケット誘雷の雷鳴 / 自然雷の雷鳴 / 夏季雷 / 再現精度
Research Abstract

We measured 23 thunder records at Numazu near Mt. Fuji on May in 1992, and at Tubata and Shishiku Heights near Kanazawa in winter since 1990. (1) Thunder signatures are classified into three types. The first type is that the largest sound arrives within 0.5 sec at the outset and after that becomes gradually weaker. The second type is that weak sound comes first and becomes stronger step by step and after that gradually weakens. The third type is that the first or the second type repeats. (2) The mean duration of thunder is 20 sec in winter thunder. The thunder of the third type is observed in winter lightning and has almost long duration more than 30 sec. (3) The dominant frequency of power spectrum is 140 Hz on the average, the nearby thunder less than 5km to main channel is 150Hz, on the other hand the thunder of long distance more than 5km is 67Hz.
It is shown that the channels of long duration thunder are reconstructed by determining the time window length from zero-crossing number, and the channels of a multistroke lightning are reconstructed from the dominant thunder signals.
The spatial resolution of sound source location is made clear from the relation sampling period of thunder data and microphone configuration. When four microphones are located at the origin and on right angled axes in equal separation of D meaters, the resolution is less than 2ROO<3>DELTAS/D for any directional sounds, where DELTAS is sampling error.
The lightning channels are reconstructed from the winter thunder and the following results are derived : (1) Lightning of simultanous strokes to different points presents occasionally the third type of thunder. (2) The center of lightning channels is in the range 1.5km and 2km altitude and the horizontal channel is longer than 15km in horizontal extent.

Report

(4 results)
  • 1992 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1991 Annual Research Report
  • 1990 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (13 results)

All Other

All Publications (13 results)

  • [Publications] 若松 勝寿: "冬季近距離雷鳴による雷放雷路の再現精度" Res.Lett.Atmas.Electr.10. 81-88 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1992 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 中村 光一: "音響法による雷放電路再現のDSP並列理によるリアルタイム化" 電気学会論文誌. 112-B. 1069-1076 (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1992 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 若松 勝寿: "雷放電路の音響観測法" 日本音響学会論文誌.

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1992 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Masatoshi Wakamatsu: "The Accuracy of Reconstruction from Nearby Thunder in Winter Lightning" Res.Lett.Atomos.Electr.10. 81-88 (1990)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1992 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Koich Nakamura: "Acoustic-Based Real Time Reconstruction of Lightning Discharge Channel by DSP Parallel Processing" Trans.IEE of Japan. 112-B. 1069-1076 (1992)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1992 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Masatoshi Wakamatsu: "Acoustic measurement method of lightning channel" J. of Acoustical society of Japan. (1993)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1992 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 若松 勝寿: "冬季雷雷鳴の支配的周波数" 大気電気研究. 41. 56-56 (1992)

    • Related Report
      1992 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 若松 勝寿: "冬季自然雷の雷鳴と雷放雷路" 電気学会放電・高電圧合同研究会. HV-92-42. 19-28 (1992)

    • Related Report
      1992 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 若松 勝寿: "平成4年度の冬季雷雷鳴の観測結果" 大気電気研究. 42. (1993)

    • Related Report
      1992 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 若松 勝寿: "雷鳴の卓越周波数と伝搬効果" 電子情報通信学会応用音響研究会. (1993)

    • Related Report
      1992 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 若松 勝寿: "雷鳴と雷鳴による雷放電路の再現" 日本音響学会電気音響・騒音研究会. Nー91ー25. 1-7 (1991)

    • Related Report
      1991 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 若松 勝寿: "冬季大規模雷放雷路の雷鳴による再現" 雷気学会放電・高電圧合同研究会. HVー91ー28. 1-8 (1991)

    • Related Report
      1991 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 若松 勝寿: "冬季近距離雷鳴による雷放雷路の再現精度" Res.Lett.Atmos.Electro.10. 81-88 (1990)

    • Related Report
      1990 Annual Research Report

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