Lightning imaging with LOFAR

Scholten, Olaf; Buitink, Stijn; Dina, Roxana; Dorosti Hasankiadeh, Qader; Frieswijk, W.; Hendriks, Freddie; Muller, Jeroen; Sardjan, Danny; Trinh, Thi Ngoc Gia; Bonardi, A.; Corstanje, A.; Ebert, Ute; Falcke, H.; Hörandel, Jörg; Mitra, P.; Mulrey, K.; Nelles, A.; Rachen, J.P.; Rossetto, L.; Rutjes, Casper; Schellart, P.; Thoudam, S.; ter Veen, Sander; Winchen, T.

doi:10.1051/epjconf/201713503003

We show that LOFAR can be used as a lightning mapping array with a resolution that is orders of magnitude better than existing arrays. In addition the polarization of the radiation can be used to track the direction of the stepping discharges.

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Persistent URL	doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201713503003
Project	Cosmic Lightning
Conference	International Conference on Acoustic and Radio EeV Neutrino Detection Activities
Grant	This work was funded by the The Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO); grant id nwo/12PR3041-2 - Cosmic Lightning
Organisation	Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica, Amsterdam (CWI), The Netherlands
Citation APA APA Style APA-ALL Style AAA Style Cell Style Chicago Style Harvard Style IEEE Style MLA Style Nature Style Vancouver Style American-Institute-of-Physics Style Council-of-Science-Editors Style BibTex Format Endnote Format RIS Format CSL Format DOIs only Format	Scholten, O., Buitink, S., Dina, R., Dorosti Hasankiadeh, Q., Frieswijk, W., Hendriks, F., Muller, J., Sardjan, D., Trinh, T. N. G., Bonardi, A., Corstanje, A., Ebert, U., Falcke, H., Hörandel, J., Mitra, P., Mulrey, K., Nelles, A., Rachen, J. P., Rossetto, L., … Winchen, T. (2017, March 15). Lightning imaging with LOFAR. EPJ Web of Conferences.https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/201713503003

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