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Does the atmospheric radioactivity induce lightning discharge?

Research Project

Project/Area Number 26550035
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Risk sciences of radiation and chemicals
Research InstitutionJapan Atomic Energy Agency

Principal Investigator

Torii Tatsuo  国立研究開発法人日本原子力研究開発機構, 福島研究開発部門 廃炉国際共同研究センター, 特任参与 (20421795)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) 眞田 幸尚  国立研究開発法人日本原子力研究開発機構, 福島研究開発部門 福島環境安全センター, 技術副主幹 (40446448)
村岡 浩治  国立研究開発法人宇宙航空研究開発機構, その他部局等, 研究開発員 (80358655)
Project Period (FY) 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 2016)
Budget Amount *help
¥3,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥900,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥650,000 (Direct Cost: ¥500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥150,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
Keywords雷放電 / 制動放射線 / 逃走電子 / 雷雲 / 航空機観測 / 雷雲上空 / 高エネルギー電子 / TGF / 航空機
Outline of Final Research Achievements

In order to investigate the atmospheric electric effect that radiation provides to the lightning discharge, we investigated the structure of the long burst and the short burst observed on the ground at the time of lightning activity and characterized the features. We also observed the fluctuation of radiation from the sky at the time of lightning activity using JAXA's aircraft ”Hisho”, but no significant variation was observed. Meanwhile, we observed the fluctuation of radiation inside and around the thunderclouds by a meteorological sonde equipped with two kinds of GM tubes, and as a result, it was found that the count rate of radiation rises near the altitude of 5 to 8 km above the thundercloud. In addition, as a result of Monte Carlo calculation on the behavior of radiation with the electric field distribution modeling the charge structure estimated from the weather data of this sonde, we confirmed that the electron density rapidly increases in the upper positive charged layer.

Report

(4 results)
  • 2016 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report ( PDF )
  • 2015 Research-status Report
  • 2014 Research-status Report
  • Research Products

    (14 results)

All 2016 2015 2014 Other

All Journal Article (1 results) Presentation (12 results) (of which Int'l Joint Research: 1 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] 雷雲中における放射線の発生2016

    • Author(s)
      鳥居建男
    • Journal Title

      電気学会誌

      Volume: 136 Pages: 816-820

    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Transient Energetic Radiation Generated by the Thunderstorm Activity Observed in Japan2016

    • Author(s)
      T.TORII
    • Organizer
      LBNL
    • Place of Presentation
      カリフォルニア(アメリカ)
    • Year and Date
      2016-12-16
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Structure of energetic radiation bursts observed during winter thunderstorms2016

    • Author(s)
      T.TORII
    • Organizer
      American Geophysical Union 2016 Fall Meeting (AGU 2016)
    • Place of Presentation
      サンフランシスコ(アメリカ)
    • Year and Date
      2016-12-15
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
    • Int'l Joint Research
  • [Presentation] Observation of the Energetic Radiation Associated with Thunderstorm Activity in Japan2016

    • Author(s)
      T.TORII
    • Organizer
      FGCU
    • Place of Presentation
      フロリダ(アメリカ)
    • Year and Date
      2016-04-15
    • Related Report
      2016 Annual Research Report
  • [Presentation] Measurement of radiation caused by thunderstorm activities by a sounding balloon, an airplane, and the ground2015

    • Author(s)
      鳥居 建男
    • Organizer
      アメリカ地球物理学連合(AGU)大会
    • Place of Presentation
      サンフランシスコ(アメリカ)
    • Year and Date
      2015-12-14
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 雷研究における最近の話題2015

    • Author(s)
      鳥居 建男
    • Organizer
      富山雷研究会
    • Place of Presentation
      富山大学(富山県富山市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-11-03
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Source of Transient Energetic Radiation Generated by the Thunderstorm Activity Measured by a Sounding Balloon, an Airplane, and Ground Observation in Japan2015

    • Author(s)
      鳥居 建男
    • Organizer
      【招待講演】雷放電開始・電子加速・大気放電に関する国際ワークショップ
    • Place of Presentation
      エレバン(アルメニア)
    • Year and Date
      2015-06-09
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 雷活動に起因した高エネルギー放射線のゾンデ、航空機、及び地上での観測2015

    • Author(s)
      鳥居建男、眞田幸尚、西澤幸康、山田勉、織田忠、村岡浩治、佐藤昌之、渡邊明、久米恭、長谷川崇、杉田武志
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合大会
    • Place of Presentation
      幕張
    • Year and Date
      2015-05-24
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 雷活動に起因した高エネルギー放射線のゾンデ、航空機、及び地上での観測2015

    • Author(s)
      鳥居 建男
    • Organizer
      日本地球惑星科学連合2015 年大会
    • Place of Presentation
      幕張国際会議場(千葉県千葉市)
    • Year and Date
      2015-05-22
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Measurement of energetic radiation generated during thunderstorm by a sounding balloon and an airplane2015

    • Author(s)
      T.Torii, Y. Sanada, Y. Nishizawa, T. Yamada, T. Orita, K. Muraoka, M. Sato, A. Watanabe
    • Organizer
      European Geoscience Union General Assembry
    • Place of Presentation
      ACV,Wien,Austria
    • Year and Date
      2015-04-17
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] Measurement of energetic radiation generated during thunderstorm by a sounding balloon and an airplane2015

    • Author(s)
      鳥居 建男
    • Organizer
      ヨーロッパ地球科学連合(EGU)大会
    • Place of Presentation
      ウィーン(オーストリア)
    • Year and Date
      2015-04-12
    • Related Report
      2015 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] ゾンデ及び航空機を用いた雷雲中とその近傍における放射線の観測2015

    • Author(s)
      鳥居建男、眞田幸尚、西澤幸康、山田勉、織田忠、村岡浩治、佐藤昌之、渡邊明
    • Organizer
      日本大気電気学会研究発表会
    • Place of Presentation
      千葉大学
    • Year and Date
      2015-01-10
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Presentation] 福島上空における放射線と大気電気2014

    • Author(s)
      鳥居建男、眞田幸尚、西澤幸康、山田勉、織田忠、村岡浩治、佐藤昌之、渡邊明
    • Organizer
      第3回放射線計測フォーラム福島
    • Place of Presentation
      福島市
    • Year and Date
      2014-12-03
    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report
  • [Remarks] 第3回放射線計測フォーラム福島

    • URL

      http://fukushima.jaea.go.jp/initiatives/cat01/index04.html

    • Related Report
      2014 Research-status Report

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