%0 Journal Article
%T Development of a Space-charge-sensing System
%A Ariadi Hazmi
%A Nobuyuki Takagi
%A Daohong Wang
%A Teiji Watanabe
%J Sensors
%D 2007
%I MDPI AG
%R 10.3390/s7123058
%X A system for remotely measuring the distribution of air space charge in real time is developed. The system consists of a loudspeaker and an electric field antenna. By propagating a burst of directional sound wave from the speaker, a modulation in the space charge and, therefore, an electric field change at ground is produced. The distribution of the space charge density is derived from the E-field change which can be measured by the E- field antenna. The developed system has been confirmed by both laboratory and field experiments.
%K Space charge
%K remote sensing
%K thundercloud
%K lightning.
%U http://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/7/12/3058