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Caitano L. da Silva
Associate Professor of Physics, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
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Near‐Infrared Atomic Oxygen Photometry of Lightning
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH: ATMOSPHERES
31 january 2025
Jacob Wemhoner, Caitano L. da Silva, Adonis Leal, ...

Measuring the temperature of lightning is a fundamental part of understanding the evolution of the plasma channel, and it is also crucial to quanti...

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Ground-based observations of sprites with neuromorphic sensors
ATMOSPHERIC AND SPACE ELECTRICITY QUICK STRIKES ELIGHTNING
atmospheric and space electricity | 11 december 2024
Caitano L. da Silva, Brandon Smith, Matthew G. McH...
Neuromorphic sensors have inherently-fast speeds and low data rates, which potentially make them ideal for the observation of transient sources, such ...
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Computational Study on the Inception Mechanism of Dart Leaders
PHYSICS OF STREAMERS, LEADERS, AND THE LIGHTNING DISCHARGE II ORAL
atmospheric and space electricity | 10 december 2024
John Pantuso, Caitano L. da Silva, Daniel Jensen, ...
Dart leaders are a category of leader discharges which propagate at high speeds traversing decaying channels previously established by lightning activ...
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Patterns of lightning incidence in New Mexico
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF LIGHTNING FLASHES: ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY, WILDFIRES, AND HAZARDS I POSTER
atmospheric sciences | 10 december 2024
Emma Stover, Caitano L. da Silva
Lightning plays an important role in the atmospheric system being the main non-anthropogenic source of nitrogen oxides in the troposphere, and by bein...
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Variety and classification of TGFs and related events
ENERGETIC RADIATION FROM LIGHTNING AND THUNDERSTORMS II POSTER
atmospheric and space electricity | 10 december 2024
David M. Smith, Heather Mentzer, Ronaldo Rodriguez...
Observations of high-energy radiation from lightning began with upward terrestrial gamma-ray flashes (TGFs) seen from space by the Burst and Transient...
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Locating Lightning Using Novel Acoustic Interferometer
ADVANCES IN INSTRUMENTATION AND SIGNAL AND DATA PROCESSING METHODS FOR ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY APPLICATIONS I POSTER
atmospheric and space electricity | 09 december 2024
Lauren Hall, Chloe Avitia, Adonis Leal, Richard So...
Since the seminal work of Arthur Few [1] there has been occasional interest in thunder location. Some researchers used infrasound [2] while others wor...
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A multi-band lightning instrument: Combined optical (337 nm and 777 nm) and radio (0.1 Hz to 5 MHz) return stroke diagnostics
ADVANCES IN INSTRUMENTATION AND SIGNAL AND DATA PROCESSING METHODS FOR ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY APPLICATIONS II ORAL
atmospheric and space electricity | 09 december 2024
Adonis Leal, Jacob Wemhoner, Caitano L. da Silva, ...
Lightning flashes produce a wideband range of electromagnetic signals, going from low radio frequencies to optical and beyond. We developed a relative...
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Plasma temperature as a cornerstone of lightning physics
TOPICS IN ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY, INCLUDING THUNDERSTORM EFFECTS IN THE NEAR-EARTH SPACE ENVIRONMENT AND COUPLING TO OTHER PLANETARY PROCESSES II ORAL
atmospheric and space electricity | 09 december 2024
Caitano L. da Silva
Lightning is a complex type of non-equilibrium atmospheric plasma, which exhibits many flavors of collective behavior, including several types of ioni...
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