Characteristics of narrow bipolar pulses observed in Malaysia
Narrow bipolar pulses (NBPs) are considered as isolated intracloud events with higher peak amplitude and strong high frequency emission compared to the first return strokes and other intracloud discharges. From 182 NBPs recorded in Malaysia in the tropic, 75 were narrow negative bipolar pulses (NNBP...
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| author | Ahmad, Noor Azlinda Fernando, M. Baharudin, Zikri Abadi Cooray, Vernon Ahmad, Hussein Abdul-Malek, Zulkurnain |
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| description | Narrow bipolar pulses (NBPs) are considered as isolated intracloud events with higher peak amplitude and strong high frequency emission compared to the first return strokes and other intracloud discharges. From 182 NBPs recorded in Malaysia in the tropic, 75 were narrow negative bipolar pulses (NNBPs) while 107 were narrow positive bipolar pulses (NPBPs). The mean duration of NNBPs was 24.6±17.1 µs, while 30.2±12.3 µs was observed for NPBPs. The mean full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) was 2.2±0.7 and 2.4±1.4 µs for NNBPs and NPBPs, respectively. The mean peak amplitude of NPBPs normalized to 100 km was 22.7 V/m, a factor of 1.3 higher than that of NNBPs which is 17.6 V/m. In contrast to the previous studies, it was observed that the electric field change was characterized by a bipolar pulse with a significant amount of fine structures separated by a few tens of nanoseconds intervals, embedded on it. |
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| spelling | utm.eprints-229532018-10-21T04:29:47Z http://eprints.utm.my/22953/ Characteristics of narrow bipolar pulses observed in Malaysia Ahmad, Noor Azlinda Fernando, M. Baharudin, Zikri Abadi Cooray, Vernon Ahmad, Hussein Abdul-Malek, Zulkurnain QC Physics TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Narrow bipolar pulses (NBPs) are considered as isolated intracloud events with higher peak amplitude and strong high frequency emission compared to the first return strokes and other intracloud discharges. From 182 NBPs recorded in Malaysia in the tropic, 75 were narrow negative bipolar pulses (NNBPs) while 107 were narrow positive bipolar pulses (NPBPs). The mean duration of NNBPs was 24.6±17.1 µs, while 30.2±12.3 µs was observed for NPBPs. The mean full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) was 2.2±0.7 and 2.4±1.4 µs for NNBPs and NPBPs, respectively. The mean peak amplitude of NPBPs normalized to 100 km was 22.7 V/m, a factor of 1.3 higher than that of NNBPs which is 17.6 V/m. In contrast to the previous studies, it was observed that the electric field change was characterized by a bipolar pulse with a significant amount of fine structures separated by a few tens of nanoseconds intervals, embedded on it. Elsevier Limited 2010-04 Article PeerReviewed Ahmad, Noor Azlinda and Fernando, M. and Baharudin, Zikri Abadi and Cooray, Vernon and Ahmad, Hussein and Abdul-Malek, Zulkurnain (2010) Characteristics of narrow bipolar pulses observed in Malaysia. Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, 72 (5 - 6). 534 - 540. ISSN 1364-6826 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jastp.2010.02.006 DOI: 10.1016/j.jastp.2010.02.006 |
| spellingShingle | QC Physics TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Ahmad, Noor Azlinda Fernando, M. Baharudin, Zikri Abadi Cooray, Vernon Ahmad, Hussein Abdul-Malek, Zulkurnain Characteristics of narrow bipolar pulses observed in Malaysia |
| title | Characteristics of narrow bipolar pulses observed in Malaysia |
| title_full | Characteristics of narrow bipolar pulses observed in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Characteristics of narrow bipolar pulses observed in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Characteristics of narrow bipolar pulses observed in Malaysia |
| title_short | Characteristics of narrow bipolar pulses observed in Malaysia |
| title_sort | characteristics of narrow bipolar pulses observed in malaysia |
| topic | QC Physics TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
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