| Time Correlations of Lightning Flash Sequences in Thunderstorms Revealed by Fractal Analysis | |
| Gou, Xueqiang1; Chen, Mingli2; Zhang, Guangshu3 | |
| 刊名 | JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES
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| 2018-01-27 | |
| 卷号 | 123期号:2页码:1351-1362 |
| 关键词 | lightning flash VHF radiation DFA analysis AF and FF scaling methods |
| ISSN号 | 2169-897X |
| DOI | 10.1002/2017JD027206 |
| 通讯作者 | Chen, Mingli(mingli.chen@polyu.edu.hk) |
| 英文摘要 | By using the data of lightning detection and ranging system at the Kennedy Space Center, the temporal fractal and correlation of interevent time series of lightning flash sequences in thunderstorms have been investigated with Allan factor (AF), Fano factor (FF), and detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA) methods. AF, FF, and DFA methods are powerful tools to detect the time-scaling structures and correlations in point processes. Totally 40 thunderstorms with distinguishing features of a single-cell storm and apparent increase and decrease in the total flash rate were selected for the analysis. It is found that the time-scaling exponents for AF ((AF)) and FF ((FF)) analyses are 1.62 and 0.95 in average, respectively, indicating a strong time correlation of the lightning flash sequences. DFA analysis shows that there is a crossover phenomenona crossover timescale ((c)) ranging from 54 to 195s with an average of 114s. The occurrence of a lightning flash in a thunderstorm behaves randomly at timescales <(c) but shows strong time correlation at scales >(c). Physically, these may imply that the establishment of an extensive strong electric field necessary for the occurrence of a lightning flash needs a timescale >(c), which behaves strongly time correlated. But the initiation of a lightning flash within a well-established extensive strong electric field may involve the heterogeneities of the electric field at a timescale <(c), which behave randomly. |
| 收录类别 | SCI |
| WOS关键词 | DISCRETE SCALE-INVARIANCE ; NATURAL HAZARDS ; MODEL ; ORGANIZATION ; GENERATION ; SEISMICITY |
| WOS研究方向 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
| WOS类目 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
| 语种 | 英语 |
| 出版者 | AMER GEOPHYSICAL UNION |
| WOS记录号 | WOS:000425520200043 |
| 内容类型 | 期刊论文 |
| URI标识 | http://www.corc.org.cn/handle/1471x/2558086 |
| 专题 | 寒区旱区环境与工程研究所 |
| 通讯作者 | Chen, Mingli |
| 作者单位 | 1.Northwest Normal Univ, Coll Phys & Elect Engn, Lanzhou, Gansu, Peoples R China 2.Hong Kong Polytech Univ, Dept Bldg Serv Engn, Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Peoples R China 3.Chinese Acad Sci, Cold & Arid Reg Environm & Engn Res Inst, Lanzhou, Gansu, Peoples R China |
| 推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Gou, Xueqiang,Chen, Mingli,Zhang, Guangshu. Time Correlations of Lightning Flash Sequences in Thunderstorms Revealed by Fractal Analysis[J]. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES,2018,123(2):1351-1362. |
| APA | Gou, Xueqiang,Chen, Mingli,&Zhang, Guangshu.(2018).Time Correlations of Lightning Flash Sequences in Thunderstorms Revealed by Fractal Analysis.JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES,123(2),1351-1362. |
| MLA | Gou, Xueqiang,et al."Time Correlations of Lightning Flash Sequences in Thunderstorms Revealed by Fractal Analysis".JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES 123.2(2018):1351-1362. |
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