Locating tweeks atmospherics source locations using WWLLN data

Author

Ibrahim, S.N. ; Shariff, Khairul Khaizi Mohd ; Sulaiman, A.A. ; Abdullah, Mustaffa ; Hussin, M.F. ; Al Junid, Syed Abdul Mutalib

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., Univ. Teknol. MARA Malaysia, Shah Alam, Malaysia

fYear

2013

fDate

1-3 July 2013

Firstpage

420

Lastpage

423

Abstract

Tweek atmospherics are Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) and Very Low Frequency (VLF) radio waves produced by lightning discharge. For few decades, tweeks has been known to be useful in measuring the variations of the lower region of the ionosphere (D-region). However, due to the nature of lightning occurrences, it is difficult to determine the location of source for the tweeks signal. In this study, we determine the source location of the tweeks by accurately measuring the time of the lightning impulse. The source locations are based on lightning information by the World Wide Lightning Location Network (WWLLN). A nighttime sample of tweeks were collected on the 11^th November 2010 shows tweeks were found to have ±600 km in difference between the calculated lightning propagation distance and the location found in the WWLLN lightning activity. Next, this study shows the variations of the D-region ionosphere using tweeks with the known source locations.

Keywords

D-region; ionospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; lightning; AD 2010 11 11; D-region; ELF radio wave; VLF radio wave; WWLLN data; WWLLN lightning activity; World Wide Lightning Location Network; extremely low frequency; ionosphere lower region; lightning discharge; lightning impulse time; lightning information; lightning propagation distance; tweeks atmospherics source locations; very low frequency; Atmospheric waves; Ionosphere; Lightning; Position measurement; Receivers; Reflection; Time measurement; D-region Ionosphere; Tweeks atmospheric; lightning; propagation distance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Space Science and Communication (IconSpace), 2013 IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Melaka

ISSN

2165-4301

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IconSpace.2013.6599508

Filename

6599508