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One - to - one relationship between low latitude whistlers and conjugate source lightning discharges and their propagation characteristics

Srivastava, P.R. and Gokani, S.A. and Maurya, A.K. and Singh, R. and Kumar, Sushil and Veenadhari, B. and Selvakumaran, R. and Singh, A.K. and Siingh, D. and Lichtenberger, J. (2013) One - to - one relationship between low latitude whistlers and conjugate source lightning discharges and their propagation characteristics. Advances in Space Research, 52 (11). pp. 1966-1973. ISSN 0273-1177

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Abstract

One-to-one relation with its causative lightning discharges and propagation features of night-time whistlers recorded at low-latitude station, Allahabad (geomag. lat. 16.05�N, L = 1.08), India, from continuous observations made during 1–7 April, 2011 have been studied. The whistler observations were made using the Automatic Whistler Detector (AWD) system and AWESOME VLF receiver. The causative lightning strikes of whistlers were checked in data provided by World-Wide Lightning Location Network (WWLLN). A total of 32 whistlers were observed out of which 23 were correlated with their causative lightnings in and around the conjugate location (geom.lat. 9.87�S) of Allahabad. A multi-flash whistler is also observed on 1 April with dispersions 15.3, 17.5 and 13.6 s1/2. About 70% (23 out of 32) whistlers were correlated with the WWLLN detected causative lightnings in the conjugate region which supports the ducted mode of propagation at low latitude. The multi-flash and short whistlers also propagated most likely in the ducted mode to this station.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Q Science > QC Physics
Divisions: Faculty of Science, Technology and Environment (FSTE) > School of Engineering and Physics
Depositing User: Sushil Kumar
Date Deposited: 06 Jan 2014 22:49
Last Modified: 07 Jul 2016 00:23
URI: http://repository.usp.ac.fj/id/eprint/7090
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