Nowcasting lightning occurrence from commonly available meteorological parameters using machine learning techniques

A Mostajabi, DL Finney, M Rubinstein… - Npj Climate and …, 2019 - nature.com
Lightning discharges in the atmosphere owe their existence to the combination of complex
dynamic and microphysical processes. Knowledge discovery and data mining methods can …

Laser-guided lightning

A Houard, P Walch, T Produit, V Moreno, B Mahieu… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Lightning discharges between charged clouds and the Earth's surface are responsible for
considerable damages and casualties. It is therefore important to develop better protection …

Lightning parameters for engineering applications (keynote speech)

VA Rakov - 2010 Asia-Pacific international symposium on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Various parameters of lightning discharges will be reviewed. Both common negative and
less frequent but potentially more destructive positive and bipolar flashes will be covered …

Preliminary Breakdown Pulses (PBP): A review on available data and models

EA Sekehravani, S Dodge, S Barmada… - Electric Power Systems …, 2025 - Elsevier
Lightning is a major risk for humans, animals, and electrical systems. Many researches
focused on the fully developed events, such as the Return Stroke (RS) current, the emitted …

On lightning electromagnetic field propagation along an irregular terrain

D Li, M Azadifar, F Rachidi… - IEEE Transactions …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

Statistical distributions of lightning currents associated with upward negative flashes based on the data collected at the Säntis (EMC) tower in 2010 and 2011

C Romero, F Rachidi, M Paolone… - IEEE transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents statistical distributions of lightning current parameters based on the
lightning current and current-derivative waveforms measured at the Säntis Tower site in …

A Systematic Review of the Potential Influence of Urbanization on the Regional Thunderstorm Process and Lightning Activity

T Shi, G Lu, X Wen, L Liu, P Qi - Atmosphere, 2024 - mdpi.com
In the context of global climate change, lightning disasters have emerged as a serious
environmental factor that restricts the sustainable development of megacities. This paper …

Evaluation of the performance characteristics of the European Lightning Detection Network EUCLID in the Alps region for upward negative flashes using direct …

M Azadifar, F Rachidi, M Rubinstein… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
In this paper, we present a performance analysis of the European Cooperation for Lightning
Detection (EUCLID) lightning detection network using data obtained on lightning currents …

Positive lightning flashes recorded on the Säntis tower from May 2010 to January 2012

C Romero, F Rachidi, M Rubinstein… - Journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
We analyze currents of 30 positive flashes recorded on the Säntis tower, Switzerland, from
May 2010 to January 2012. The currents were classified into two types. Type 1 events …

Single-sensor source localization using electromagnetic time reversal and deep transfer learning: application to lightning

A Mostajabi, H Karami, M Azadifar, A Ghasemi… - Scientific reports, 2019 - nature.com
Abstract Electromagnetic Time Reversal (EMTR) has been used to locate different types of
electromagnetic sources. We propose a novel technique based on the combination of EMTR …