Technical Papers
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Scientific Lightning Solutions (SLS) is proud to present a selection of our published technical papers below, showcasing our dedication to scientific rigor and professional expertise.
Correlated lightning mapping array and radar observations of the initial stages of three sequentially triggered Florida lightning discharges
Correlated Lightning Mapping Array and vertical-scan radar images are presented for three rocket-and-wire triggered lightning flashes that occurred sequentially within 17 min in the presence of a decaying multicellular convective storm system over north-central Florida.
Comments on Recent Observations of Faintly Luminous Formations (FLF) Captured Using Phantom High-Speed Cameras
During 2015, the high-speed camera network at Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral Air Force Station was used to study a newly-reported optical phenomenon associated with the attachment process of lightning leaders to ground.
The attachment process of rocket-triggered lightning dart-stepped leaders
Time-correlated 1.54 μs high-speed video frames, channel-base current and current derivative (dI/dt), and electric field derivative (dE/dt) measurements are used to analyze the attachment process of triggered lightning dart-stepped leaders.
“CHAOTIC” DART LEADERS IN TRIGGERED LIGHTNING: ELECTRIC FIELDS, X-RAYS, AND SOURCE LOCATIONS
We present the first published observations of “chaotic” dart leaders in triggered-lightning discharges. We examine four leaders that exhibited “chaotic” electric field derivative (dE/dt) signatures in their final 10 to 12 ms.
GEOMETRICAL AND ELECTRICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE INITIAL STAGE IN FLORIDA TRIGGERED LIGHTNING
We characterize the geometrical and electrical characteristics of the initial stages of nine Florida triggered lightning discharges using a Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) and measured channel-base currents
HIGH‐SPEED VIDEO OBSERVATIONS OF A LIGHTNING STEPPED LEADER
High‐speed video images of eight branches of a lightning stepped leader recorded at a frame rate of 300 kiloframes per second (kfps) (3.33 ms exposure) are analyzed, representing the fastest published frame rate measurements of stepped leader stepping by about 1 order of magnitude and the first observations of space stems/leaders associated with stepped leaders.
ATTEMPTS TO CREATE BALL LIGHTNING WITH TRIGGERED LIGHTNING
We describe attempts to create ball lightning by directing lightning, triggered from natural thunderclouds using the rocket-and-wire technique, through a variety of materials.
