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Atmospheric Electricity (2nd Edition)

A special issue of Atmosphere (ISSN 2073-4433). This special issue belongs to the section "Meteorology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 March 2025 | Viewed by 1902

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Prof. Dr. Masashi Kamogawa

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Global Center for Asian and Regional Research, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka 420-0839, Japan
Interests: atmospheric electricity; space physics; global electrical circuit; geoelectricity
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Prof. Dr. Yoav Yair

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School of Sustainability, Reichman University (IDC Herzliya), 8 University Street, Herzliya 4610101, Israel
Interests: atmospheric electricity; lightning (on Earth and other planets); space weather; solar–terrestrial relations and transient luminous events (sprites); dust storm electrification; cloud microphysics
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue is the second edition of the Special Issue entitled “Atmospheric Electricity” (https://www.mdpi.com/journal/atmosphere/special_issues/atmospheric_electricity) published in Atmosphere; it will cover all aspects of atmospheric electricity issues.

Although atmospheric electricity has a long research history, epoch-making discoveries have been made in each period. In recent decades, lightning/thunderstorm-induced energetic radiation, transient luminous events such as sprites and elves, as well as terrestrial gamma-ray flashes, have been discovered. Recently, challenging research topics such as the relationship between atmospheric electricity and biological/biochemical effects and the relationship between atmospheric electricity and climate/severe weather have become the focus of new and groundbreaking research. Orbiting satellites and lightning detection systems are producing new data, and numerical modeling, including artificial intelligence applications, are yielding new and exciting insights into the nature of thunderstorms. Therefore, we aim for this Special Issue to collate contributions covering all areas related to atmospheric electricity.

This Special Issue on atmospheric electricity is, therefore, open for submissions of multidisciplinary and various other studies focused on a conventional research field, such as global electric circuit, lightning physics, aerosol and cloud microphysics, and thunderstorm electrification, as well as a modern research field, such as lightning/thunderstorm-generated energetic radiation, transient luminous events, and the evolution of the Earth’s climate.

Prof. Dr. Masashi Kamogawa
Prof. Dr. Yoav Yair
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Keywords

  • atmospheric electric field
  • Schumann resonances
  • global electric circuit
  • lightning physics
  • tweek
  • whistler propagation
  • sferics
  • transient luminous events
  • energetic radiation from lightning
  • aerosol and cloud microphysics
  • thunderstorm electrification
  • particle precipitation and cosmic rays
  • magnetosphere–ionosphere–atmosphere coupling
  • biological and biochemical effects of atmospheric electricity
  • remote sensing of lightning
  • climate change effects on lightning

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Lightning Current Distribution of the First and Subsequent Strokes Based on the Lightning Location System: Survey in Yunnan Power Grid
by Yutang Ma, Hongchun Shu, Changxin Xiao, Gaohui Yang, Chengwei Xie, Mengmeng Zhu and Pulin Cao
Atmosphere 2025, 16(1), 15; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos16010015 - 26 Dec 2024
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Lightning is an electrical discharge phenomenon in the atmosphere caused by charge separation in clouds, which is divided into cloud-to-ground (CG) and cloud-to-cloud (CC) lightning. In recent years, research on the characteristics of multiple-stroke ground lightning and the amplitude of lightning currents has [...] Read more.
Lightning is an electrical discharge phenomenon in the atmosphere caused by charge separation in clouds, which is divided into cloud-to-ground (CG) and cloud-to-cloud (CC) lightning. In recent years, research on the characteristics of multiple-stroke ground lightning and the amplitude of lightning currents has attracted significant attention. The amplitude of lightning currents serves as fundamental data for lightning protection in power systems. Its accurate measurement is crucial for designing and safeguarding power systems. This paper obtains data from a lightning location system and analyzes the probability density distribution of lightning current amplitudes. It is found that the median of lightning currents gradually decreases with an increasing number of multiple strokes, and there is a trend in the change of lightning current steepness. As the number of strokes increases, the median value of amplitude distribution gradually decreases, while the steepness coefficient shows an increasing trend. These research findings contribute to a deeper understanding of the characteristics of lightning and provide important references for lightning prevention and disaster reduction. Full article
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High-Altitude Discharges and Whistlers of Volcanic Thunderstorms
by Evgeniy I. Malkin, Boris M. Shevtsov, Nina V. Cherneva, Evgeniy A. Kazakov and János Lichtenberger
Atmosphere 2024, 15(12), 1503; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15121503 - 17 Dec 2024
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The results of the observations of atmospherics and whistlers initiated by high-altitude electrical discharges that occurred during the eruption of the Kamchatka volcanoes (Bezymianny and Shiveluch (Russia)) on 7 and 10 April 2023 are presented. Recording of atmospherics and associated whistlers was carried [...] Read more.
The results of the observations of atmospherics and whistlers initiated by high-altitude electrical discharges that occurred during the eruption of the Kamchatka volcanoes (Bezymianny and Shiveluch (Russia)) on 7 and 10 April 2023 are presented. Recording of atmospherics and associated whistlers was carried out by a VLF (very low frequencies) radio direction finder. Two-hop whistlers were identified by dispersion coefficient, which corresponded to the double passage of the signal from Kamchatka to Australia and back. The heights of the electric discharges were determined by means of interferograms of direct and reflected from the ionosphere radiofrequency atmospherics. The high-altitude distribution of an electric discharge is obtained, the penetration of which into the ionosphere is responsible for the generation of whistlers. The characteristics of volcanic electrical discharges and whistlers can be used to estimate the height of an explosive eruption. Full article
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Seasonal–Diurnal Distribution of Lightning over Bulgaria and the Black Sea and Its Relationship with Sea Surface Temperature
by Savka Petrova, Rumjana Mitzeva, Vassiliki Kotroni and Elisaveta Peneva
Atmosphere 2024, 15(10), 1233; https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15101233 - 15 Oct 2024
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A seasonal–diurnal analysis of land-sea contrast in lightning activity over Bulgaria and the Black Sea over 10 years is presented here. The maximum number of flashes over both surface types is registered during the summer (with a peak over Bulgaria in June and [...] Read more.
A seasonal–diurnal analysis of land-sea contrast in lightning activity over Bulgaria and the Black Sea over 10 years is presented here. The maximum number of flashes over both surface types is registered during the summer (with a peak over Bulgaria in June and over the Black Sea in July) and a minimum number in winter (December/February, respectively). During spring, the maximum flash density is observed over Bulgaria (in May), while in autumn, it is over the Black Sea (in September). The results show that only in autumn lightning activity dominates over the Black Sea compared to over land (Bulgaria), while in winter, spring, and summer is vice versa. For this reason, an additional investigation was conducted to determine whether there is a relationship between lightning activity and the sea surface temperature (SST) of the Black Sea in autumn. The analysis reveals that the influence of SST on the formation of thunderstorms over the Black Sea varies depending on the diurnal time interval, with the effect being more significant at night. At nighttime intervals, there is a clear trend of increasing mean flash frequency per case with rising SST (linear correlation coefficients range from R = 0.92 to 0.98), while during the daytime, this trend is not as evident. This indicates that, during the day, other favorable atmospheric processes have a greater influence on the formation of thunderstorms than sea-surface temperature, while in the autumn night hours, the higher SST values probably play a more significant role in thunderstorms formation, in combination with the corresponding orographic conditions. Full article
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