Krakow ELF Group

the group study a role of Extremely Low Frequency electromagnetic waves in geophysics, astrophysics and atmospheric science

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      Z. Nieckarz, M. Gołkowski, J. Kubisz, M. Ostrowski, A. Michalec, J. Mlynarczyk,
      Lichtenberger, A. Maxworth
      Monitoring Global Ionospheric Conditions With Electromagnetic Lightning Impulses
      Registered in Extremely Low Frequency Measurements
      Radio Science, 02.2025 https://doi.org/10.1029/2024RS008140                     Free copy

      Abac,A.G.; Abbott,R.; Abouelfettouh,I.; Acernese,F.; Ackley,K.; Adhicary,S.; ...
      Kubisz,J.; Johanson,C.; Johns,G.R.; Johnson,N.A.; Johnson-McDaniel,N.K.; ...
      Search for continuous gravitational waves from known pulsars in the first part
      of the fourth LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA observing run
      ApJL Jan 2025, DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2501.01495                     Free copy

      M. Ostrowski, M. Gołkowski, J. Kubisz, A. Michalec, J. Mlynarczyk, Z. Nieckarz
      Refraction of ELF Electromagnetic Waves by the Ionospheric Gradients at the Day/Night
      Terminator Measured at the Hylaty Station run
      JGR Space Physics, 29 Nov 2024 https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JA033274        Free copy

      M. Ostrowski, M. Gołkowski, J. Kubisz, Z. Nieckarz, A. Michalec, J. Mlynarczyk,
      J. Lichtenberger, A. Maxworth
      Effects of a Solar Flare on Global Propagation of Extremely Low Frequency Waves
      JGR Space Physics, 02 Dec 2024 https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JA033083        Free copy

      Abac,A.G.; Abbott,R.; Abouelfettouh,I.; Acernese,F.; Ackley,K.; Adhicary,S.; ...
      Kubisz,J.; Johanson,C.; Johns,G.R.; Johnson,N.A.; Johnson-McDaniel,N.K.; ...
      A search using GEO600 for gravitational waves coincident with fast radio bursts
      from SGR 1935+2154
      ApJL (2024), DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2410.09151                           Free copy

      Contopoulos, Ioannis; Mlynarczyk, Janusz; Kubisz, Jerzy; Tritakis, Vasilis
      Possible Identification of Precursor ELF Signals on Recent EQs That Occurred Close
      to the Recording Station
      Atmosphere 2024,15(9),1134 https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15091134              Free copy

      Abac,A.G.; Abbott,R.; Abouelfettouh,I.; Acernese,F.; Ackley,K.; Adhicary,S.; ...
      Kubisz,J.; Johanson,C.; Johns,G.R.; Johnson,N.A.; Johnson-McDaniel,N.K.; ...
      Observation of Gravitational Waves from the Coalescence of a 2.5?4.5 M
      Compact Object and a Neutron Star
      ApJL 970, L34 (2024), DOI: https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2404.04248             Free copy

      Tritakis, V.; Mlynarczyk, J.;Contopoulos, I.; Kubisz, J.;
      Christofilakis, V.; Tatsis, G.;Chronopoulos, S.K.; Repapis, C.
      Extremely Low Frequency (ELF) Electromagnetic Signals as a Possible
      Precursory Warning of Incoming Seismic Activity.
      Atmosphere 2024, 15, 457. https://doi.org/10.3390/atmos15040457                  Free copy

      J. Kubisz, M. Gołkowski, J. Mlynarczyk, M. Ostrowski, A. Michalec
      New Method for Determining Azimuths of ELF Signals Associated with
      the Global Thunderstorm Activity and the Hunga Tonga Volcano Eruption
      JGR Atmospheres Vol.129, Iss.4, February 2024, DOI: 10.1029/2023JD040318

      Janssens, Kamiel; Ball, Matthew; Schofield, Robert; Christensen, Nelson;
      Frey, Raymond; van Remortel, Nick; Banagiri, Sharan; Coughlin, Michael W.;
      Effler, Anamaria; Gołkowski, Mark; Kubisz, Jerzy; Ostrowski, Michał
      Correlated 1-1000 Hz magnetic field fluctuations from lightning
      over earth-scale distances and their impact on gravitational wave searches
      General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology, DOI: 10.48550/arXiv.2209.00284   Free copy

      Volodymyr Marchenko, Andrzej Kulak, Janusz Mlynarczyk
      Finite-difference time-domain analysis of ELF radio wave propagation
      in the spherical Earth-ionosphere waveguide and its validation based
      on analytical solutions
      Annale Geophysicae, 40, 395-406, 2022 DOI: 10.5194/angeo-40-395-2022       Free copy

      Janusz Mlynarczyk, Vasilis Tritakis, Ioannis Contopoulos, Zenon Nieckarz
      Vasilis Christofilakis, Georgios Tatsis, and Christos Repapis
      Anthropogenic Sources of Electromagnetic Interference in the Lowest ELF Band
      Recordings (Schumann Resonances)
      Magnetism 2, no. 2: 152-167, DOI: 10.3390/magnetism2020011, 2022               Free copy

      Maja Tomicic, Olivier Chanrion, Thomas Farges, Janusz Mlynarczyk
      Ivana Kolmasová, Serge Soula, Christoph Köhn, Torsten Neubert
      Observations of elves and radio wave perturbations by lightning
      Earth and Space Science Open Arch, DOI: 10.1002/essoar.10510348.1, 2022   Free copy

      Tritakis, Vasilis, Ioannis Contopoulos, Janusz Mlynarczyk, Vasilis Christofilakis
      Giorgos Tatsis, and Christos Repapis
      How Effective and Prerequisite Are Electromagnetic Extremely Low Frequency
      (ELF) Recordings in the Schumann Resonances Band to Function as Seismic
      Activity Precursors
      Journal: Atmosphere 13, no. 2: 185. DOI: 10.3390/atmos13020185, 2022     Free copy

      Maja Tomicic; Serge Soula; Eric Defer; Serge Prieur; Janusz Mlynarczyk;
      Thomas Farges; Olivier Chanrion; Christoph Köhn; Torsten Neubert
      Dancing Sprites Above a Lightning Mapping Array
      An Analysis of the Storm and Flash/Sprite Developments
      JGR: Atmospheres Vol 126, Issue 20, DOI: 10.1029/2021JD035059, 2021

      Strumik, M., Slominski, J., Slominska, E., Mlynarczyk, J., Blecki, J., Haagmans, R., et al.
      Experimental evidence of a link between lightning and magnetic field fluctuations
      in the upper ionosphere observed by Swarm
      Geo. Res. Letters, 48, e2020GL09150, DOI: 10.1029/2020GL091507, 2021 Free copy

      Zenon Nieckarz and Grzegorz Michałek
      Long-term observation of magnetic pulsations through the ELF Hylaty station
      located in the Bieszczady Mountains (south-eastern Poland)
      J. Space Weather Space Clim. Vol. 10, DOI: 10.1051/swsc/2020063, 2020   Free copy

      Volodymyr Marchenko, Janusz Mlynarczyk, Michal Ostrowski, Olesia Senchenko
      Jerzy Kubisz, Andrzej Kulak, Adam Michalec, Jacobo Salvador, Nahuel Diaz
      Study of a TGF associated with an Elve using extremely low frequency
      electromagnetic waves
      J. Geophys. Res. Atmospheres, DOI: 10.1029/2020JD033070, Nov.2020

      Walter A. Lyons, Eric C. Bruning, Tom A. Warner, Donald R. MacGorman,
      Samantha Edgington, Clemens Tillier, Janusz Mlynarczyk
      Megaflashes : just how long can a lightning discharge get?
      Bulletin of the American Meteo. Society; vol. 101 no. 1, s. E73-E86, 2020      Free copy

      Martin Füllekrug, Stanislaus Nnadih, Serge Soula, Janusz Mlynarczyk, Michael Stock,
      Jeff Lapierre, Michael Kosch
      Maximum sprite streamer luminosity near the stratopause
      Geophysical Research Letters; vol. 46 iss. 21, s. 12572-12579, 2020              Free copy

      Gołkowski, M., Sarker, S. R., Renick, C., Moore, R. C., Cohen, M. B., Kułak, A.,
      Mlynarczyk, J., Kubisz, J.
      Ionospheric D region remote sensing using ELF sferic group velocity
      Geo. Res. Letters, 45, 12,739-12,748, DOI: 10.1029/2018GL080108, 2018      Free copy

      J. Bór, Z. Zelkó, T. Hegedüs, Z. Jäger, J. Mlynarczyk, M. Popek, H. D. Betz
      On the series of +CG lightning strokes in dancing sprite events
      J. Geophys. Res. Atmospheres; vol. 123 iss. 19, s.11,030-11,047, 2018           Free copy

      Coughlin, Michael W.; Cirone, Alessio; Meyers, Patrick; Atsuta, Sho; Boschi, Valerio;
      Chincarini, Andrea; Christensen, Nelson L.; De Rosa, Rosario; Effler, Anamaria; Fiori, Irene;
      Gołkowski, Mark; Guidry, Melissa; Harms, Jan; Hayama, Kazuhiro; Kataoka, Yuu; Kubisz, Jerzy;
      Kulak, Andrzej; Laxen, Michael; Matas, Andrew; Mlynarczyk, Janusz; Ogawa, Tsutomu;
      Paoletti, Federico; Salvador, Jacobo; Schofield, Robert; Somiya, Kentaro; Thrane, Eric
      Measurement and subtraction of Schumann resonances at gravitational-wave interferometers
      Phys. Rev. D 97, 102007, DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.97.102007, 05.2018

      Mlynarczyk, Janusz; Kulak, Andrzej; Salvador, Jacobo
      The Accuracy of Radio Direction Finding in the Extremely Low Frequency Range
      Radio Science, Volume 52, DOI: 10.1002/2017RS006370, 10.2017               Free copy

      Kowalska-Leszczynska, Izabela; Bizouard, Marie-Anne; Bulik, Tomasz; Christensen, Nelson;
      Coughlin, Michael; Gołkowski, Mark; Kubisz, Jerzy; Kulak, Andrzej; Mlynarczyk, Janusz;
      Robinet, Florent; Rohde, Maximilian
      Globally coherent short duration magnetic field transients and their effect on ground
      based gravitational-wave detectors
      Classical and Quantum Gravity, DOI: 10.1088/1361-6382/aa60eb, 04.2017

      Soula, Serge; Mlynarczyk, Janusz; Füllekrug, Martin; Pineda, Nicolau; Georgis, Jean-François;
      van der Velde, Oscar; Montanya, Joan; Fabró, Ferran
      Dancing sprites: Detailed analysis of two case studies
      Journal of Geophysical Research, DOI: 10.1002/2016JD025548, 03.2017      Free copy

      Coughlin, Michael W.; Christensen, Nelson L.; De Rosa, Rosario; Fiori, Irene; Gołkowski, Mark;
      Guidry, Melissa; Harms, Jan; Kubisz, Jerzy; Kulak, Andrzej; Mlynarczyk, Janusz;
      Paoletti, Federico; Thrane, Eric
      Subtraction of correlated noise in global networks of gravitational-wave interferometers
      Classical and Quantum Gravity, DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/33/22/224003, 11.2016

      Nieckarz, Zenon
      Imprints of Natural Phenomena and Human Activity Observed During 10 Years
      of ELF Magnetic Measurements at the Hylaty Geophysical Station in Poland
      Acta Geophysica, vol. 64, no. 6, Dec. 2016, pp. 2591-2608, DOI: 10.1515/acgeo-2016-0101

      J. Kozakiewicz, A. Kułak, J. Kubisz, K. Ziętara
      Extremely Low Frequency Electromagnetic Investigation on Mars
      Earth, Moon, and Planets, DOI: 10.1007/s11038-016-9493-2, 2016               Free copy

      J. Kozakiewicz, A. Kułak, J. Młynarczyk
      Analytical modeling of Schumann resonance and ELF propagation parameters on Mars
      with a multi-layered Ground
      Planetary and Space Science, DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2015.05.019, 2015

      M. Dyrda, A. Kułak, J. Młynarczyk, M. Ostrowski
      Novel analysis of a sudden ionospheric disturbance using Schumann resonance measurements
      J. Geophys. Res., DOI: 10.1002/2014JA020854, 2015

      J. Młynarczyk, J. Bor, A. Kułak, M. Popek, J. Kubisz
      An unusual sequence of sprites followed by a secondary TLE – an analysis of ELF radio
      measurements and optical observations
      J. Geophys. Res., DOI: 10.1002/2014JA020780, 2015

      Z. Nieckarz, P. Barański, J. Młynarczyk, A. Kułak, J. Wiszniowski
      Comparison of the chargemoment change calculated from electrostatic analysis and from
      ELF radio observations
      J. Geophys. Res., DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022289., 2014

      M. Dyrda, A. Kułak, J. Młynarczyk, M. Ostrowski, J. Kubisz, A. Michalec, Z. Nieckarz
      Application of the Schumann resonance spectral decomposition in characterizing the main
      African thunderstorm center
      J. Geophys. Res., DOI: 10.1002/2014JD022613, 2014

      A. Kułak, J. Kubisz, S. Kłucjasz, A. Michalec, J. Młynarczyk, Z. Nieckarz, M. Ostrowski, S. Zięba
      Extremely low frequency electromagnetic field measurements at the Hylaty station and
      methodology of signal analysis
      Radio Science, 49, doi:10.1002/2014RS005400, 2014                                 Free copy

      A. Kułak, J. Młynarczyk, J. Kozakiewicz
      An Analytical Model of ELF Radiowave Propagation in Ground-Ionosphere Waveguides
      With a Multilayered Ground
      IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagations, Vol. 61, No. 9, 10.1109/TAP.2013.2268244, 2013

      A. Kułak, J. Młynarczyk
      ELF Propagation Parameters for the Ground-Ionosphere Waveguide With Finite Ground
      Conductivity
      IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagations, Vol. 61, No. 4, doi: 10.1109/TAP.2012.2227445, 2013

      J. Młynarczyk, P. Koperski, A. Kułak
      Multiple-site investigation of the properties of an HF radio channel and the ionosphere
      using Digital Radio Mondiale broadcasting
      Advances in Space Research 49, 83–88, 2012                                               Free copy

      A. Kułak, J. Młynarczyk, M. Ostrowski, J. Kubisz and A. Michalec
      Analysis of ELF electromagnetic field pulses recorded by the Hylaty station coinciding
      with terrestrial gamma-ray flashes
      J. Geophys. Res., 117, D18203, doi:10.1029/2012JD018205, 2012             Free copy

      A. Kułak, J. Młynarczyk
      A new technique for reconstruction of the current moment waveform from the magnetic field
      component based on a gigantic jet associated lightning discharges recorded by ELF station
      Radio Science, 46, RS2016, doi:10.1029/2010RS004475, 2011                  Free copy

      Z. Nieckarz, A. Kułak, S. Zięba, A. Odzimek
      Cloud-to-ground lightning dipole moment from simultaneous observations by ELF receiver
      and combined direction finding and time-of-arrival lightning detection system
      J. Geophys. Res., DOI:10.1029/2010JD014736, 2011, 2011                        Free copy

      A. Kułak, Z. Nieckarz, S. Zięba
      Analytical description of ELF transients produced by cloud-to-ground lightning discharges
      J. Geophys. Res., 115, D19104, DOI:10.1029/2009JD013033, 2010           Free copy

      Z. Nieckarz, A. Kułak, A. Michalec, S. Zięba
      Study of the Periodicities of Lightning Activity in Three Main Thunderstorm Centers
      Based on Schumann Resonance Measurements                                   Free copy
      Monthly Weather Review, Volume 137, Issue 12, pp. 4401–4409, DOI: 10.1175/2009MWR2920.1, 2009

      Z. Nieckarz, P. Barański, M.Kubicki, A. Kułak, S. Michnowski, S. Zięba
      Comparison of global storm activity calculated from Schumann resonance bckground component
      to electric field intensity E0Z
      Atmospheric Research, Vol. 91, pp. 184-187, 2009                                       Free copy

      M. J. Rycroft, A. Odzimek, N. F. Arnold, M. Fullekrug, A. Kułak, T. Neubert
      New model simulations of the global atmospheric electric circuit driven by thunderstorms
      and electrified shower clouds: The roles of lightning and sprites
      J. Atmos. Sol. Terr. Phys., 69 (17-18), 2485-2509, 2007                               Free copy

      A. Odzimek, A. Kułak, A. Michalec, J. Kubisz
      An automatic method to determine the frequency scale of the ionospheric Alfven resonator
      using data from Hylaty station, Poland
      Annales Geophysicae, 2151-2158, 2006                                                       Free copy

      A. Kułak, J. Młynarczyk. S. Zięba, S. Micek, Z. Nieckarz
      Studies of ELF propagation in the spherical shell cavity using a field decomposition method
      based on asymmetry of Schumann resonance curves
      J. Geophys. Res, 111, A10304, doi:10.1029/2005JA01149, 2006                 Free copy

      A. Kułak, J. Kubisz, A. Michalec, Z. Nieckarz, S. Zięba
      Solar variations in extremely low frequency propagation parameters: II. Observations of
      Schumann resonances and computation of the ELF attenuation parameter
      J. Geophys. Res, 108, N0. A7, 1271, doi: 10.1029/2002JA009305, 2003     Free copy

      A. Kułak, S. Micek, Z. Nieckarz, S. Zięba
      Solar variations in extremely low frequency propagation parameters: I. A two-dimensional
      telegraph equation (TDTE) model of ELF propagation and fundamental parameters
      of Schumann resonances
      J. Geophys. Res, 108, N0. A7, 1270, doi: 10.1029/2002JA009304, 2003     Free copy

      A. Kułak, K. Maslanka, A. Michalec, S. Zięba
      Observations of Alfven Ionospheric Resonances on the Earth Surface
      Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica, 43, 399 - 406, 1999                                 Free copy

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