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Ronald J. Thomas
Researcher at New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Publications - 111
Citations - 6890
Ronald J. Thomas is an academic researcher from New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Lightning & Mesosphere. The author has an hindex of 43, co-authored 110 publications receiving 6426 citations. Previous affiliations of Ronald J. Thomas include University of Colorado Boulder & University of Pittsburgh.
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A GPS‐based three‐dimensional lightning mapping system: Initial observations in central New Mexico
TL;DR: In this article, a GPS-based system has been developed that accurately locates the sources of VHF radiation from lightning discharges in three spatial dimensions and time, and the observations are found to reflect the basic charge structure of electrified storms.
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Accuracy of the Lightning Mapping Array
Ronald J. Thomas,Paul R. Krehbiel,William Rison,S. J. Hunyady,William P. Winn,T. Hamlin,J. Harlin +6 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the location uncertainty of the New Mexico Tech Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) has been investigated experimentally using sounding balloon measurements, airplane tracks, and observations of distant storms.
Accuracy of the Lightning Mapping Array
Ronald J. Thomas,Paul R. Krehbiel,William Rison,S. J. Hunyady,William P. Winn,T. Hamlin,J. Harlin +6 more
TL;DR: In this article, the location uncertainty of the New Mexico Tech Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) has been investigated experimentally using sounding balloon measurements, airplane tracks, and observations of distant storms.
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A distinct class of isolated intracloud lightning discharges and their associated radio emissions
David A. Smith,Xuan-Min Shao,D. N. Holden,C. T. Rhodes,Marx Brook,Paul R. Krehbiel,Mark A. Stanley,William Rison,Ronald J. Thomas +8 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a distinct class of short-duration electric field change emissions was identified and characterized, termed narrow positive bipolar pulses (NPBPs), emitted from singular intracloud discharges that occurred in the most active regions of three thunderstorms located in New Mexico and west Texas.
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Radio interferometric observations of cloud-to-ground lightning phenomena in Florida
TL;DR: In this paper, radio frequency observations of cloud-to-ground lightning in Florida have been analyzed to document a number of features of the lightning, namely, a negative-polarity streamer that propagates horizontally and/or vertically to ground at estimated speeds of about 10 7 ms −1 down to 10 6 ms − 1.