SIGNALS GENERATED BY REGIONAL LIGHTNING OBSERVED BY THE GLOBAL WHISTLER DETECTOR NETWORK


D. Koronczay 1,2, P. Steinbach 1,3, L. Kalocsai 1, J. Lichtenberger 1,2


1 Department of Geophysics and Space Sciences, Eotvos University, Budapest, Hungary
2 Research Centre for Astronomy and Earth Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Sopron, Hungary
3 MTA-ELTE Research Group for Geology, Geophysics and Space Sciences, Budapest, Hungary


Abstract: We studied data from the global AWDANet plasmasphere monitoring network for whistlers detected locally, distorting the general statistics of whistlers. Our preliminary results show that apart from the geomagnetically conjugate hemisphere as a potential source region, local lightning generated in the vicinity of the whistler detector stations should also be considered. Our results can improve on the daily and seasonal statistics of whistler occurrence, and locally generated whistlers can contribute to a more complete monitoring of the plasmasphere.


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