Member Since 2010
Caitano L. da Silva
Associate Professor of Physics, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Associate Professor of Physics and a Scientist at Langmuir Lab, New Mexico Tech
Professional Experience
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Associate Professor of Physics
2018 - Present
Education
Pennsylvania State University Main Campus
Doctorate
2015
INPE National Institute for Space Research
Masters
2011
UFSM Federal University of Santa Maria
Bachelors
2008
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Honors & Awards
Atmospheric and Space Electricity Early Career Award
Received December 2024
Outstanding Student Presentation Award
Received December 2013
Presentation Title: On the Vertical Structuring of Gigantic Jets
Event: 2013 Fall Meeting
Awarding Section: Atmospheric and Space Electricity
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Publications
Near‐Infrared Atomic Oxygen Photometry of Lightning
Measuring the temperature of lightning is a fundamental part of understanding the evolution of the plasma channel, and it is also crucial to quanti...
January 31, 2025
Estimating the Electric Fields Driving Lightning Dart Leader...
December 03, 2024
Modeling the Inception and Stepped Propagation of Upward Pos...
November 26, 2024
Sprite Durations Measured With a Neuromorphic Sensor
June 29, 2024
AGU Abstracts
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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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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