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Lightning interaction with the ionosphere

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Dongshuai Li

Lightning discharges, including cloud-to-ground (CG) and intracloud (IC) lightning, are known to emit electromagnetic pulses (EMPs) in a wide frequency band ranging from few Hz up to hundreds MHz [1]. During the breakdown and ionization processes (mostly f ...

IET2023

Secondary Fast Breakdown in Narrow Bipolar Events

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Dongshuai Li

The physical mechanism of Narrow bipolar events (NBEs) has been studied for decades but it still holds many mysteries. Recent observations indicate that the fast breakdown discharges that produce NBEs sometimes contain a secondary fast breakdown that propa ...

2022

The application of the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) technique to lightning studies

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Dongshuai Li

We have seen in this chapter that the FDTD method for solving Maxwell's equations is accurate and versatile in a very wide variety of applications related to lightning. One can analyze the lightning electromagnetic field propagation over distances ranging ...

IET2022

Analysis of Lightning Electromagnetic Field Propagation Over Mountainous Terrain using Simultaneous Records of Current and its Electric Field at 380-km Distance

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Mohammad Azadifar, Dongshuai Li, Antonio Sunjerga

2022

Analysis of a bipolar upward lightning flash based on simultaneous records of currents and 380-km distant electric fields

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Davide Pavanello, Mohammad Azadifar, Dongshuai Li, Amirhossein Mostajabi, Wolfgang Schulz

In this paper, we present and discuss simultaneous records of current and wideband electric field waveforms at 380 km distance from the strike point associated with an upward bipolar flash initiated from the Säntis Tower. The flash contains 23 negative str ...

Elsevier2019

FDTD Modeling of Lightning Electromagnetic Field Propagation Over Mountainous Terrain

Marcos Rubinstein, Dongshuai Li

The Full-Wave Finite-Difference-Time-Domain (FDTD) electromagnetic (EM) simulation method can simulate large domains and produce time-marching solutions for arbitrary time-domain sources, making it ideal for many lightning applications. In this paper, a tw ...

IEEE2019

The Propagation Effects of Lightning Electromagnetic Fields Over Mountainous Terrain in the Earth-Ionosphere Waveguide

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Mohammad Azadifar, Dongshuai Li

In this paper, a full-wave two-dimensional Finite-Difference-Time-Domain model is developed to evaluate the propagation effects of lightning electromagnetic fields over mountainous terrain in the Earth-ionosphere waveguide. In the model, we investigate the ...

2019

Analysis of Location Accuracy of ToA-Based Lightning Location Systems in Mountainous Terrain

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Dongshuai Li, Wolfgang Schulz

2018

Evaluation of Ionospheric D Region Parameters Using Simultaneously Measured Lightning Current and 380-km Distant Electric Field

Marcos Rubinstein, Dongshuai Li

2018

Analysis of lightning-ionosphere interaction using simultaneous records of source current and 380 km distant electric field

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Davide Pavanello, Mario Paolone, Mohammad Azadifar, Dongshuai Li, Wolfgang Schulz

We present simultaneous current and wideband electric field waveforms at 380 km associated with upward lightning flashes initiated from the Santis Tower, Switzerland. To the best of our knowledge, the dataset presented in this study includes the first simu ...

Elsevier2017

Location Accuracy Evaluation of ToA-Based Lightning Location Systems Over Mountainous Terrain

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Dongshuai Li, Wolfgang Schulz

In this paper, we analyze the location error of time of arrival (ToA)-based lightning location systems (LLSs) caused by propagation effects over mountainous terrain around the Santis tower located in the Swiss Alps. The study is based on a full-wave three- ...

Amer Geophysical Union2017

A Semi-Analytical Simplified Approach to Compute Lightning Radiated Electric Fields at Long Distances Taking into Account Ionospheric Reflection

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Mohammad Azadifar, Dongshuai Li

2017

On Lightning Electromagnetic Field Propagation Along an Irregular Terrain

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Stefan Metz, Davide Pavanello, Mario Paolone, Mohammad Azadifar, Dongshuai Li, Zhaoyang Wang, Qilin Zhang

In this paper, we present a theoretical analysis of the propagation effects of lightning electromagnetic fields over a mountainous terrain. The analysis is supported by experimental observations consisting of simultaneous records of lightning currents and ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2016

Analysis of lightning electromagnetic field propagation in mountainous terrain and its effects on ToA-based lightning location systems

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Keyhan Sheshyekani, Mohammad Azadifar, Dongshuai Li, Zhaoyang Wang, Qilin Zhang

In this paper, we analyze the propagation effects on lightning-radiated electromagnetic fields over mountainous terrain by using a three-dimensional (3-D) finite difference time domain (FDTD) method. We also discuss the time delay error in the time-of-arri ...

Amer Geophysical Union2016

Simultaneous Current and Distant Electric Field Waveforms from Upward Lightning: Effect of Ionospheric Reflection

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Davide Pavanello, Mario Paolone, Mohammad Azadifar, Dongshuai Li

2016

Location Accuracy Evaluation of ToA-Based Lightning Location Systems over Mountainous Terrain

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Dongshuai Li, Zhaoyang Wang

2016

An Update on the Measurements of Lightning Currents and Electromagnetic Fields Associated with Flashes to the Säntis Tower in Switzerland

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Davide Pavanello, Mario Paolone, Mohammad Azadifar, Dongshuai Li

2016

The Influence of the Slope Angle of the Ocean–Land Mixed Propagation Path on the Lightning Electromagnetic Fields

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Keyhan Sheshyekani, Dongshuai Li

In this paper, lightning electromagnetic fields in the presence of an ocean-land mixed propagation path having different configurations are evaluated using a finite-element-based full-wave approach. The simulations are conducted considering lightning strik ...

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers2015

Propagation Effects on Lightning Magnetic Fields Over Hilly and Mountainous Terrain

Farhad Rachidi-Haeri, Marcos Rubinstein, Keyhan Sheshyekani, Dongshuai Li, Qilin Zhang, Zheng Wang

2015