Research on positive narrow bipolar events in Padang

In this study, we have examined electric field records from 10 thunderstorm days containing 13 positive narrow bipolar pulses (PNBPs). It was found that PNBP occurrences have a strong relationship with thunderstorm activities. The mechanism of the NBPs was very different from intracloud (IC) and cloud-to-ground (CG) flashes. We also found that the AM values of rise time, full width at maximum time, zero crossing time, overshoot time, pulse duration and overshoot to peak amplitude ratio of the PNBPs were 1.64 μs, 1.32 μs, 9.38 μβ, 15.06 μs and 0.31 μs, respectively. The pulse duration range was from 8.45 to 29.06 μs. Comparison with values from previous studies reported by other researchers showed that the mentioned parameters had no strong relationship with latitude or geographic location.