Spectral features, temperature and electron density properties of lightning M-component

Wang Xue-Juan; Xu Wei-Qun; Wang Hai-Tong; Yang Jing; Yuan Ping; Zhang Qi-Lin; Hua Le-Yan; Zhang Yuan-Kan

doi:10.7498/aps.70.20201875

Abstract

Using the spectra of the three M-components following a first return stroke recorded by a slitless spectrograph, the spectral features of the M-components are analyzed. Combining with plasma theories, the temperatures and the electron densities of the M-components in the channel core and outer corona sheath are calculated. The variations along the channel of these two parameters are studied, and compared with the corresponding return stroke. The results show that the spectra of the M-components are different from the spectrum of the return stroke. The optical radiation of the M-component is primarily from the spectral lines in infrared waveband. The temperature of the M-component in the channel core can reach 40000 K. The electron density of the M-component in the channel core is on the order of 10¹⁸ cm^–3. The temperature of the M-component in the external corona sheath is about 20000 K. The electron density of the M-component in the external corona sheath is on the order of 10¹⁷ cm^–3. The temperature of the M-component in the channel core decreases with height increasing, while that in the external corona sheath increases with channel height increasing. The electron density of the M-component in the channel core basically does not change with channel height. Whereas, the electron densities in the external corona sheath for two M-components with hard light at the upper end of the channel increase with channel height increasing, and the electron density for one M-component with weak light at upper end of the channel basically does not change with the channel height. By comparison, the temperature in the core channel and in the external corona sheath of the corresponding return stroke both increase with channel height. The electron density in the core channel and in the external corona sheath of the corresponding return stroke both basically remain constant along the channel.

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Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education (KLME), Joint International Research Laboratory of Climate and Environment Change (ILCEC), Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD), Key Laboratory for Aerosol-Cloud-Precipitation of China Meteorological Administration, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China
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Key Laboratory of Middle Atmosphere and Global Environment Observation (LAGEO), Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China
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Key Laboratory of Atomic and Molecular Physics & Functional Materials of Gansu Province, College of Physics and Electronic Engineering, Northwest Normal University, Lanzhou 730070, China

Corresponding author: Wang Xue-Juan, wxj@nuist.edu.cn

Funds: Project supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province, China (Grant No. BK20180805), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 42005065), the Startup Foundation for Introducing Talent of Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, China (Grant No. 2017r065), the Open Grants of the Key Laboratory of Middle Atmosphere and Global Environment Observation, Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. LAGEO-2019-07), the Open Grants of the State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, China Academy of Meteorological Sciences (Grant No.2020LASW-B14), and the Undergraduate Innovation Project of Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, China (Grant No. 201910300133Y)

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图 1 回击和M分量的原始发光通道

Figure 1. Original channels of lightning return stroke and M-components.

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图 2 回击R和M1, M2, M3的原始光谱

Figure 2. Original spectrum of R, M1, M2 and M3

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图 3 回击R和M1, M2, M3对应通道某一高度处的谱线图

Figure 3. Spectrum of R, M1, M2 and M3 at a given height of the channels

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图 4 R, M1, M2, M3核心通道的温度沿通道的变化

Figure 4. Variations of the temperatures along the core channel for R, M1, M2 and M3

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图 5 R, M1, M2, M3核心电流通道的电子密度随通道的变化

Figure 5. Variations of the electron densities along the core channel for R, M1, M2 and M3

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图 6 R, M1, M2, M3电晕层通道的温度随通道高度的变化

Figure 6. Variations of the temperatures along the outer corona channel for R, M1, M2 and M3

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图 7 R, M1, M2, M3电晕层通道的电子密度随通道高度的变化

Figure 7. Variations of the electron densities along the outer corona channel for R, M1, M2 and M3

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