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Published December 2024 | Version v6
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LOFAR Lightning Imaging

Authors/Creators

  • 1. University of Groningen

Description

The software package is written for Imaging lightning flashes using data from LOFAR.
It covers the impulsive Imaging mode as well is the Time Resolved Interferometric 3D (TRI-D) imager.

The Impulsive imager is described in
"The Initial Stage of Cloud Lightning Imaged in High-Resolution"
O. Scholten et al, JGR, Volume126, Issue4, 27 February 2021, e2020JD033126; https://doi.org/10.1029/2020JD033126

The publication on the original TRI-D imager is published in PRD, see https://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevD.104.063022

This version is an update of the TRI-D imager, taking into account the antenna function and the polarization of the source.

The main directory of the distribution contains a .pdf with a description of the program.

Notes

v24.12 of this package is an update. Some bugs were removed and the routines for producing the images have been improved. The most important change is the addition of the new ATRI-D imaging procedure.

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LOFLI-24-12.zip

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Cites
Journal article: doi/10.1029/2020JD033126 (Handle)

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