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Lightning-Generated Whistlers From Source to Space: Modeling and Measurements of Wave Properties and Propagation
Lightning-Generated Whistlers From Source to Space: Modeling and Measurements of Wave Properties and Propagation
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- 자료유형
- 학위논문 서양
- 최종처리일시
- 20260202104827
- ISBN
- 9798291578704
- DDC
- 550
- 서명/저자
- Lightning-Generated Whistlers From Source to Space: Modeling and Measurements of Wave Properties and Propagation
- 발행사항
- [Sl] : University of Colorado at Boulder, 2025
- 발행사항
- Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2025
- 형태사항
- 165 p
- 주기사항
- Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 87-02, Section: B.
- 주기사항
- Advisor: Marshall, Robert.
- 학위논문주기
- Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Colorado at Boulder, 2025.
- 초록/해제
- 요약Lightning flashes emit powerful electromagnetic signals over a broad range of frequencies, including in the very low frequency (VLF) radio band from ∼ 3 − 30 kHz. These VLF waves travel through the atmosphere and the near-Earth space environment. When traveling upwards through the ionosphere, the VLF waves are converted to whistler-mode waves called lightning-generated whistlers (LGWs) and lose a significant amount of energy during transit. Above the ionosphere, the LGWs enter the plasmapshere, where the LGWs propagate for several to tens of seconds, until their energy is dissipated into the plasma.Overlapping with the plasmasphere are populations of high-energy particles trapped in toroidal regions around the Earth called the radiation belts. The radiation belts are hazardous to both spacecraft and astronauts. LGWs can change the trajectories of radiation belt particles through resonant wave-particle interactions, inducing precipitation of the particles into the atmosphere where a chain of chemical reactions can deplete ozone concentrations. The effectiveness of LGWs in scattering radiation belt particles depends on wave properties including amplitude and wave normal angle. This work is motivated by the need to better understand these LGW wave properties and support future investigation into precipitation and radiation belt lifetimes. This dissertation aims to improve our understanding of the propagation, prevalence, and distribution of LGWs using data analysis and numerical modeling methods.Observations of LGWs from space-based missions began as early as 1964 with the launch of Orbiting Geophysical Observatory (OGO) 1. More recently, the Van Allen Probes (VAP) mission has lead to significant advances in our understanding of whistler-mode wave propagation. In this work, we present analysis of a previously unexplored set of VAP observations from the Electric Fields and Waves (EFW) suite, and we produce a complete set of over 50,000 burst intervals with LGW observations. Through magnetic spectral analysis, clustering, and ray tracing techniques, we assess the prevalence, distribution, wave amplitudes, wave normal angles, and propagation modes of the LGWs in the dataset. We determine that LGWs observed in the plasmasphere with WNAs below 32◦ are likely ducted and are mainly observed below L = 2. The accuracy of trans-ionospheric propagation modeling, specifically in predicting wave amplitude and power at the top of the ionosphere, has been under investigation for decades. Historic estimates of attenuation were invalidated by spacecraft observations, and new modeling methods were explored to generate improved estimates. In this thesis, we update legacy trans-ionospheric attenuation estimates with new ionospheric density models. We also assess the effect of modeled wave normal angle at the top of the ionosphere, and we show that initial wave normal angle choice when modeling LGWs into the magnetosphere has significant impacts on the trajectory and power of the waves.Finally, we combine our LGW data analysis, our trans-ionospheric propagation modeling, and ray tracing to simulate energy from real lightning detections through the ionosphere, into the magnetosphere, and to the locations where VAP observed the LGWs. This particular combination of models and observations has not previously been integrated together. The methodology we present can be used to support future modeling work aimed at predicting global LGW energy or resultant precipitation from the radiation belts. We explore the main sources of uncertainty in the modeling and highlight the need for accurate representations of the source lightning flash and ionosphere and plasmasphere compositions.
- 일반주제명
- Geophysics
- 일반주제명
- Physics
- 키워드
- Ionosphere
- 키워드
- Magnetosphere
- 키워드
- Van Allen Probes
- 키워드
- Waves in plasmas
- 키워드
- Whistlers
- 기타저자
- University of Colorado at Boulder Aerospace Engineering
- 기본자료저록
- Dissertations Abstracts International. 87-02B.
- 전자적 위치 및 접속
- 로그인 후 원문을 볼 수 있습니다.
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■520 ▼aLightning flashes emit powerful electromagnetic signals over a broad range of frequencies, including in the very low frequency (VLF) radio band from ∼ 3 − 30 kHz. These VLF waves travel through the atmosphere and the near-Earth space environment. When traveling upwards through the ionosphere, the VLF waves are converted to whistler-mode waves called lightning-generated whistlers (LGWs) and lose a significant amount of energy during transit. Above the ionosphere, the LGWs enter the plasmapshere, where the LGWs propagate for several to tens of seconds, until their energy is dissipated into the plasma.Overlapping with the plasmasphere are populations of high-energy particles trapped in toroidal regions around the Earth called the radiation belts. The radiation belts are hazardous to both spacecraft and astronauts. LGWs can change the trajectories of radiation belt particles through resonant wave-particle interactions, inducing precipitation of the particles into the atmosphere where a chain of chemical reactions can deplete ozone concentrations. The effectiveness of LGWs in scattering radiation belt particles depends on wave properties including amplitude and wave normal angle. This work is motivated by the need to better understand these LGW wave properties and support future investigation into precipitation and radiation belt lifetimes. This dissertation aims to improve our understanding of the propagation, prevalence, and distribution of LGWs using data analysis and numerical modeling methods.Observations of LGWs from space-based missions began as early as 1964 with the launch of Orbiting Geophysical Observatory (OGO) 1. More recently, the Van Allen Probes (VAP) mission has lead to significant advances in our understanding of whistler-mode wave propagation. In this work, we present analysis of a previously unexplored set of VAP observations from the Electric Fields and Waves (EFW) suite, and we produce a complete set of over 50,000 burst intervals with LGW observations. Through magnetic spectral analysis, clustering, and ray tracing techniques, we assess the prevalence, distribution, wave amplitudes, wave normal angles, and propagation modes of the LGWs in the dataset. We determine that LGWs observed in the plasmasphere with WNAs below 32◦ are likely ducted and are mainly observed below L = 2. The accuracy of trans-ionospheric propagation modeling, specifically in predicting wave amplitude and power at the top of the ionosphere, has been under investigation for decades. Historic estimates of attenuation were invalidated by spacecraft observations, and new modeling methods were explored to generate improved estimates. In this thesis, we update legacy trans-ionospheric attenuation estimates with new ionospheric density models. We also assess the effect of modeled wave normal angle at the top of the ionosphere, and we show that initial wave normal angle choice when modeling LGWs into the magnetosphere has significant impacts on the trajectory and power of the waves.Finally, we combine our LGW data analysis, our trans-ionospheric propagation modeling, and ray tracing to simulate energy from real lightning detections through the ionosphere, into the magnetosphere, and to the locations where VAP observed the LGWs. This particular combination of models and observations has not previously been integrated together. The methodology we present can be used to support future modeling work aimed at predicting global LGW energy or resultant precipitation from the radiation belts. We explore the main sources of uncertainty in the modeling and highlight the need for accurate representations of the source lightning flash and ionosphere and plasmasphere compositions.
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■790 ▼a0051
■791 ▼aPh.D.
■792 ▼a2025
■793 ▼aEnglish
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