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Earle R. Williams
PhD, Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Quantification of Global Lightning from Calibrated ELF Observations at Polar Stations
AGU 2024
atmospheric and space electricity | 10 december 2024
Earle R. Williams, Tamas Bozoki, Anirban Guha, Gab...
The global reach of lightning in the lower ELF band is well-recognized. The electromagnetic resonances of the Schumann background and the well-establi...
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Quasi-static Atmospheric Electric Fields: Measurements and Modeling from the Earth’s Surface to the Tropopause
AGU 2024
atmospheric and space electricity | 09 december 2024
Kenneth L. Cummins, Christopher Biagi, Jennifer Wi...
Measurements and analyses of atmospheric electric fields in the frequency range of DC to a few Hz, so-called quasi-static electric fields, are employe...
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How Do Schumann Resonance Frequency Changes in the Vertical Electric Field Component Reflect Global Lightning Dynamics at Different Time Scales?
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: ATMOSPHERES
25 september 2024
Gabriella Sátori, Rachel I. Albrecht, Raidiel Puig...

The electromagnetic waves in the Schumann resonance (SR) frequency range (<100 Hz) radiated by natural “lightning antennas” exc...

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Recurrent Lightning Spots: Where Lightning Strikes More Than Twice
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: ATMOSPHERES
01 march 2024
Gloria Sola, Jesús Alberto A. López Trujillo, Joan...

The expression “lightning never strikes twice” is questioned in this paper because, among the randomness of lightning impacts, some spo...

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Ionospheric Potential Measurements in Marine Environments with a New Electric Field Sensor
ONLINE POSTER SESSION FOR ATMOSPHERIC AND SPACE ELECTRICITY II
atmospheric and space electricity | 22 january 2024
Earle R. Williams, Kenneth L. Cummins, Yongming Zh...
Motivated by the need for an environmental-friendly and expendable product, a new sensitive (<1 V/m) and lightweight (280 gm) vertical electric fie...
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Aerosol Effects on Total Lightning in two distinct regions in the Amazon basin
ATMOSPHERIC AND SPACE ELECTRICITY QUICK STRIKES ELIGHTNING
atmospheric and space electricity | 13 december 2023
Adonis Leal, Glauber G. Cirino, Marcela M. Pompeu,...
The Amazon basin is one of the hotspots of lightning occurrence on Earth, with impacts on the social-economic and local biodiversity. Critical ecosyst...
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Conditions for Energetic Electrons and Gamma Rays in Thunderstorm Ground Enhancements
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: ATMOSPHERES
11 december 2023
Earle R. Williams, Bagrat Mailyan, Gayane Karapeti...

The role of free passage distance (FPD: the distance between the avalanche region and surface detectors) in influencing the relative numbers of ene...

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A New Model for Charge Separation by Proton Transfer During Collision Between Ice Particles in Thunderstorms
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: ATMOSPHERES
19 june 2023
Heon Kang, Jayaratne Rohan, Earle R. Williams

Field and laboratory observations strongly support the view that the development of electric fields in thunderstorms is caused by charge separation...

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