Articles | Volume 35, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-35-583-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/angeo-35-583-2017
ANGEO Communicates
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24 Apr 2017
ANGEO Communicates |  | 24 Apr 2017

Solar 27-day rotational period detected in wide-area lightning activity in Japan

Hiroko Miyahara, Chika Higuchi, Toshio Terasawa, Ryuho Kataoka, Mitsuteru Sato, and Yukihiro Takahashi

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Detailed analyses of the 27-day solar rotational period in cloud and lightning activities may help in untangling the process of solar influence on weather and climate. We analyzed the lightning data in Japan for AD 1989–2015 and found that the 27-day solar rotational period is seen in wide-area lightning activity. The signal was stronger at the maxima of solar decadal cycles. It was also found that the signal of the 27-day period migrates from the southwest to the northeast in Japan.