日本地球惑星科学連合2018年大会

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[JJ] Eveningポスター発表

セッション記号 M (領域外・複数領域) » M-IS ジョイント

[M-IS19] 大気電気学

2018年5月22日(火) 17:15 〜 18:30 ポスター会場 (幕張メッセ国際展示場 7ホール)

コンビーナ:芳原 容英(電気通信大学 大学院情報理工学研究科)、鴨川 仁(東京学芸大学教育学部物理学科)

[MIS19-P03] 2017年度冬季ロケット誘雷の成果(速報)

*森本 健志1中村 佳敬2山本 和男3 (1.近畿大学、2.神戸市立工業高等専門学校、3.中部大学)

キーワード:ロケット誘雷、冬季雷、雷撃電流、電磁界観測

Rocket-triggered lightning is the most effective technique for artificial triggering lightning. It involves launching a small rocket trailing a thin grounded wire toward an overhead charged cloud. This technique is incredibly favorable for various lightning observations for example earth currents, leader developments, related electromagnetic and high-energy radiations etc. because a lightning strike is induced at the desired location. In Japan, a number of rocket-triggered lightning experiments were succeeded in winter thunderstorm seasons.

During the winter of 2017-18, the authors conducted a rocket-triggered lightning experiment in Noto Peninsula, facing to the Sea of Japan in Ishikawa Prefecture. A conductive wire was connected to the rocket and launched at as fast as 200 m/s. A rope was also connected to prevent the rocket from rising above an altitude of 200 m. The rod-type ground electrode with a diameter of 1 cm was buried at a depth of 1 m.

We were successful in triggering lightning stroke at 1352:28h December 29, 2017. The two types of Rogowski coils to measure lightning current, hi-speed video cameras, RF antennas in VHF and LF bands were equipped around the striking point. The corona current and e-field were measured at about the distance of 50 m from the point. The measured lightning current was reached to -12 kA and continued for 290 ms. The recorded images with high time resolutions against recoded RF radiations and the current will be demonstrated in this talk.