Lightnings and Thunderstorms Research Laboratory

LTR-LAB  (Lightnings and Thunderstorms Research LABoratory) 

Contemporary topics in LTR-LAB

  • Developing an automatic methods of detection of cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning flashes
  • The resonances of magnetic field in the extremely low frequency (ELF) range (called the Schumann Resonance)
  • Study of the Periodicities of Global Lightning Activity
  • Assimilation of Lightning Data into Numerical Forecast Models
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    Example: Power spectrum for 4 different ELF Station; From: Nieckarz Z., PhD Thesis, Faculty of Biology and Earth Sciences of the Jagiellonian University