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Study on the mechanism and prediction of lightning flashes in winter with large peak currents and energies

Research Project

Project/Area Number 21K03681
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Section一般
Review Section Basic Section 17030:Human geosciences-related
Research InstitutionGifu University

Principal Investigator

Wu Ting  岐阜大学, 工学部, 准教授 (50789774)

Project Period (FY) 2021-04-01 – 2024-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2023)
Budget Amount *help
¥4,160,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,200,000、Indirect Cost: ¥960,000)
Fiscal Year 2023: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2022: ¥780,000 (Direct Cost: ¥600,000、Indirect Cost: ¥180,000)
Fiscal Year 2021: ¥2,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥600,000)
Keywords冬季雷 / 雷三次元観測 / 落雷被害 / 巨大落雷 / 強帰還雷撃 / 機械学習 / 雷三次元可視化システム
Outline of Research at the Start

日本海沿岸に多く発生する冬季落雷は送電鉄塔や大型風車等の施設に大きな被害をもたらしている。被害の最大要因は夏季落雷ではほぼ存在しない200kA以上の巨大なピーク電流を持つ落雷や、夏季落雷より100倍以上の巨大なエネルギーを持つ落雷が冬季に頻繁に発生するためである。本研究は応募者らが開発した雷放電路三次元可視化システムを高度化して、巨大落雷のメカニズムを解明すると共に、巨大落雷の予知技術を確立して雷災害を低減することを目的としている。

Outline of Final Research Achievements

During this project, using the three-dimensional lightning mapping system FALMA, we carried out observations of lightning flashes with large peak currents and energies that frequently occur along the coast of the Japan Sea. The main achievements are as follows. (1) For the first time we clarified the basic characteristics of strong negative strokes with peak currents larger than 150 kA and elucidated their clear differences with normal negative strokes. (2) We made a statistical analysis of peak currents of positive strokes and established their relationship with characteristics of preliminary breakdown and stepped leaders. (3) We developed a machine-learning method for the classification of lightning return strokes with high accuracy, which is the basis for large-scale statistical analyses such as the comparison of lightning strokes in winter and summer.

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

日本海沿岸には、夏季ではめったに発生しない巨大なピーク電流を持つ落雷がしばしば起きる。このような巨大落雷は送電鉄塔や大型風車等の施設に大きな被害をもたらしている。本研究では、負極性と正極性両方の巨大落雷の特徴を解明した。特に今まで知られていない負極性の巨大落雷の特徴を初めて明らかにした。負極性巨大落雷は沿岸部の陸地に集中する傾向も判明したので、大型風車等の施設の落雷被害の主な原因になっている可能性が高い。また、正極性落雷のピーク電流値は雷撃の前駆放電過程との関連性を明らかにした。強いピーク電流を持つ正極性落雷を発生する雷雲の電荷構造も判明した。これらの成果は巨大落雷を予測する可能性を示した。

Report

(4 results)
  • 2023 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2022 Research-status Report
  • 2021 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (19 results)

All 2024 2023 2022 2021

All Journal Article (10 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Peer Reviewed: 10 results,  Open Access: 6 results) Presentation (9 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 2 results,  Invited: 1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Two Laterally Distant TGFs From Negative Cloud‐To‐Ground Strokes in Uchinada, Japan2024

    • Author(s)
      Ortberg John、Smith David M.、Kamogawa Masashi、Dwyer Joseph、Bowers Gregory、Chaffin Jeffrey、Lapierre Jeff、Wang Daohong、Wu Ting、Suzuki Tomoyuki
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

      Volume: 129 Issue: 2

    • DOI

      10.1029/2023jd039020

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] A 3D Interferometer-Type Lightning Mapping Array for Observation of Winter Lightning in Japan2023

    • Author(s)
      Yang Junchen、Wang Daohong、Huang Haitao、Wu Ting、Takagi Nobuyuki、Yamamoto Kazuo
    • Journal Title

      Remote Sensing

      Volume: 15 Issue: 7 Pages: 1923-1923

    • DOI

      10.3390/rs15071923

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Citizen Science Observation of a Gamma‐Ray Glow Associated With the Initiation of a Lightning Flash2023

    • Author(s)
      Tsurumi M.、Enoto T.、Ikkatai Y.、Wu T.、Wang D.、Shinoda T.、Nakazawa K.、Tsuji N.、Diniz G. S.、Kataoka J.、Koshikawa N.、Iwashita R.、Kamogawa M.、Takagaki T.、Miyake S.、Tomioka D.、Morimoto T.、Nakamura Y.、Tsuchiya H.
    • Journal Title

      Geophysical Research Letters

      Volume: 50 Issue: 13 Pages: 1-9

    • DOI

      10.1029/2023gl103612

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access / Int'l Joint Research
  • [Journal Article] High‐Accuracy Classification of Radiation Waveforms of Lightning Return Strokes2023

    • Author(s)
      Wu Ting、Wang Daohong、Takagi Nobuyuki
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

      Volume: 128 Issue: 14 Pages: 1-18

    • DOI

      10.1029/2023jd038715

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Termination of Downward‐Oriented Gamma‐Ray Glow by Normal‐Polarity In‐Cloud Discharge Activity2023

    • Author(s)
      Wada Y.、Wu T.、Wang D.、Enoto T.、Nakazawa K.、Morimoto T.、Nakamura Y.、Shinoda T.、Tsuchiya H.
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

      Volume: 128 Issue: 15 Pages: 1-9

    • DOI

      10.1029/2023jd038606

    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] On the Intensity of First Return Strokes in Positive Cloud‐To‐Ground Lightning in Winter2022

    • Author(s)
      Wu Ting、Wang Daohong、Takagi Nobuyuki
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

      Volume: 127 Issue: 22 Pages: 1-18

    • DOI

      10.1029/2022jd037282

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Complicated aspects of a CG lightning flash observed in winter storm in Japan2022

    • Author(s)
      Huang Haitao、Wang Daohong、Yang Junchen、Wu Ting、Takagi Nobuyuki
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Atmospheric Electricity

      Volume: 41 Issue: 1 Pages: 11-29

    • DOI

      10.1541/jae.41.11

    • ISSN
      0919-2050
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] Pulse Parameters and Peak Currents of Return Strokes Observed by the Ningxia FALMA in the Chinese Inland Areas2022

    • Author(s)
      Shi Dongdong、Gao Panliang、Wu Ting、Wang Daohong、Jiang Wei
    • Journal Title

      Remote Sensing

      Volume: 14 Issue: 8 Pages: 1838-1838

    • DOI

      10.3390/rs14081838

    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
  • [Journal Article] The Strongest Negative Lightning Strokes in Winter Thunderstorms in Japan2021

    • Author(s)
      Wu, T., Wang, D.,Huang, H., & Takagi, N.
    • Journal Title

      Geophysical Research Letters

      Volume: 48 Issue: 21

    • DOI

      10.1029/2021gl095525

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Compact Lightning Strokes in Winter Thunderstorms2021

    • Author(s)
      Wu, T., Wang, D., & Takagi, N
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres

      Volume: 126 Issue: 15

    • DOI

      10.1029/2021jd034932

    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] A Strong Positive CG flash That Was Simultaneously Recorded by Multiple Observation Systems2023

    • Author(s)
      J. Yang, D. Wang, H. Huang, T. Wu, N. Takagi, K. Yamamoto
    • Organizer
      APL 2023
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] New FALMA Observations Reveal Systematic Differences between Lightning Discharges in Winter and Summer in Hokuriku, Japan2023

    • Author(s)
      T. Wu, D. Wang, N. Takagi
    • Organizer
      AGU Fall Meeting 2023
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research / Invited
  • [Presentation] A detailed exmination on the preliminary breakdown process of a winter cloud-to-ground lightning flash2023

    • Author(s)
      Qingliu Yang, Daohong Wang, Junchen Yang, Ting Wu and Nobuyuki Takagi
    • Organizer
      日本大気電気学会第102回研究発表会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Comparison of lightning flashes in winter and summer in Hokuriku region2023

    • Author(s)
      Ting Wu,Daohong Wang,and Nobuyuki Takagi
    • Organizer
      日本大気電気学会第102回研究発表会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Initiation, progression and attachment process of Hokuriku winter lightning2023

    • Author(s)
      Daohong Wang, Junchen Yang, Qingliu Yang, Ting Wu and Nobuyuki Takagi
    • Organizer
      日本大気電気学会第102回研究発表会
    • Related Report
      2023 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] 正極性帰還雷撃の強さについて2023

    • Author(s)
      ウティン, 王道洪, 高木伸之
    • Organizer
      日本大気電気学会第101回研究発表会
    • Related Report
      2022 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Strongest negative return strokes in winter produce special LF waveforms2022

    • Author(s)
      Ting Wu, Daohong Wang, Haitao Huang, Nobuyuki Takagi
    • Organizer
      日本大気電気学会第99回研究発表会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] FALMA による冬季落雷の予知の可能性について2022

    • Author(s)
      鈴木遥士,ウティン,王道洪,高木伸之
    • Organizer
      日本大気電気学会第99回研究発表会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] FALMA の観測データに基づく冬季落雷の基礎特性の解析2022

    • Author(s)
      角亮佑,ウティン,王道洪,高木伸之
    • Organizer
      日本大気電気学会第99回研究発表会
    • Related Report
      2021 Research-status Report

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Published: 2021-04-28   Modified: 2025-01-30  

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