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Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia, Inovações e Comunicações (Brasil). Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) (Institutional affiliation for the last research proposal) Birthplace: Brazil
Graduate at Physics from Universidade de São Paulo (1985) Master's at Geophysics from Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (1992) Ph.D. at Geophysics from Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (1997). Academic Member of Space Geophysics Graduate Course. Has experience in Geosciences, acting on the following subjects: lightning, physics education Member of the International Commission on Atmospheric Electricity (19 members) Member of the Cigrè (International Council on Large Electric Systems) Working Group C4.407 - Lightning Parameters for Engineering Applications and Working Group C4.36 - Winter Lightning - Parameters and Engineering Consequences for Wind Turbines Chairman of Scientific Committee of the 2018 International Lightning Detection Conference/International Lightning Meteorology Conference Committee Member of the International Symposium on Winter Lightning (Source: Lattes Curriculum)
Up to January 2012, no upward flash had ever been registered in Brazil. With the help of some video cameras, we recorded during January, March and April, fifteen upward lightning which started from one or more towers located on Peak Jaraguá in the city of São Paulo. This research project aims to characterize upward lightning hitherto observed and studied in Brazil and aims to answer some …
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The standards that define the requirements for the installation of a Lightning Protection System (LPS) are still based on empirical methods, models and theories that lack data from observations of the actual behavior of LPSs (Bouquegneau, 2007; Becerra 2008). As of 2014, no video had been shot fast enough to understand how lightning rods in buildings react to the approach of lightning. Th…
On January 2012, the first upward lightning in Brazil was recorded. Four upward lightning flashes initiated from one of the towers located on Jaragua Peak, in São Paulo city, three of them were recorded at an interval of six minutes. They were recorded with a high-speed camera (4000 fps) and standard camera. This research project aims to increase knowledge about the upward lightning never…
This research project consists in combining observations obtained through high-speed cameras and atmospheric electric field measurements in order to study two physical phenomena involved in the production of natural cloud-to-ground lightning: M components (pulses that occur during the continuing current and whose peak current value, obtained from triggered lightning experiments, can range…
Upward lightning flash studies are antique (McEachron, 1939). Interest in this subject has grown recently, because of the rapid expansion of wind power generation. Also, with the increasing number of tall buildings and towers, there will be a corresponding increase in the number of upward lightning flashes from these structures. In Brazil, this study started in January 2012, when ELAT Gro…
| 11 / 11 | Completed research grants |
| 4 / 3 | Completed scholarships in Brazil |
| 1 / 1 | Completed scholarships abroad |
| 16 / 15 | All research grants and scholarships |
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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)
| Publications | 12 |
| Citations | 156 |
| Cit./Article | 13.0 |
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SABA, MARCELO M. F.; SCHULZ, WOLFGANG; WARNER, TOM A.; CAMPOS, LEANDRO Z. S.; SCHUMANN, CARINA; KRIDER, E. PHILIP; CUMMINS, KENNETH L.; ORVILLE, RICHARD E.. High-speed video observations of positive lightning flashes to ground. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, v. 115, DEC 16 2010. Web of Science Citations: 40.
FERRO‚ MA; SABA‚ MMF; PINTO‚ O.. Continuing current in multiple channel cloud-to-ground lightning. ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH, v. 91, n. 2, p. 399-403, 2009.
SABA, MARCELO M. F.; SCHUMANN, CARINA; WARNER, TOM A.; HELSDON, JOHN H.; ORVILLE, RICHARD E.. High-speed video and electric field observation of a negative upward leader connecting a downward positive leader in a positive cloud-to-ground flash. Electric Power Systems Research, v. 118, n. SI, p. 89-92, JAN 2015. Web of Science Citations: 9. (12/15375-7)
SABA, M. M. F.; PAIVA, A. R.; SCHUMANN, C.; FERRO, M. A. S.; NACCARATO, K. P.; SILVA, J. C. O.; SIQUEIRA, F. V. C.; CUSTODIO, D. M.. Lightning attachment process to common buildings. Geophysical Research Letters, v. 44, n. 9, p. 4368-4375, MAY 16 2017. Web of Science Citations: 10. (12/15375-7)
SOUSASANTOS, JONAS; ANDRADE SOBRAL, JOSE HUMBERTO; KHERANI, ESFHAN ALAM; FARES SABA, MARCELO MAGALHAES; DE CAMPOS, DIOVANE RODOLFO. Relationship between ionospheric plasma bubble occurrence and lightning strikes over the Amazon region. Annales Geophysicae, v. 36, n. 2, p. 349-360, MAR 9 2018. Web of Science Citations: 0. (12/15375-7)
SABA, MARCELO M. F.; SCHUMANN, CARINA; WARNER, TOM A.; HELSDON, JR., JOHN H.; SCHULZ, WOLFGANG; ORVILLE, RICHARD E.. Bipolar cloud-to-ground lightning flash observations. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, v. 118, n. 19, p. 11098-11106, OCT 16 2013. Web of Science Citations: 13.
SABA, MARCELO M. F.; SCHUMANN, CARINA; WARNER, TOM A.; FERRO, MARCO ANTONIO S.; DE PAIVA, AMANDA ROMAO; HELSDON, JR., JOHN; ORVILLE, RICHARD E.. Upward lightning flashes characteristics from high-speed videos. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, v. 121, n. 14, p. 8493-8505, JUL 27 2016. Web of Science Citations: 13. (13/05784-0, 12/15375-7, 14/10299-6)
SCHUMANN, CARINA; SABA, MARCELO M. F.; WARNER, TOM A.; FERRO, MARCO A. S.; HELSDON, JR., JOHN H.; THOMAS, RON; ORVILLE, RICHARD E.. On the Triggering Mechanisms of Upward Lightning. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 9, JUL 3 2019. Web of Science Citations: 0. (12/15375-7, 13/05784-0)
SABA, MARCELO M. F.; DE PAIVA, AMANDA R.; CONCOLLATO, LUKE C.; WARNER, TOM A.; SCHUMANN, CARINA. Optical observation of needles in upward lightning flashes. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, v. 10, n. 1, OCT 15 2020. Web of Science Citations: 0. (12/15375-7, 13/05784-0)
CAMPOS, LEANDRO Z. S.; SABA, MARCELO M. F.. Visible channel development during the initial breakdown of a natural negative cloud-to-ground flash. Geophysical Research Letters, v. 40, n. 17, p. 4756-4761, SEP 16 2013. Web of Science Citations: 17. (10/02716-5, 03/08655-4)
BALLAROTTI, MAURICIO G.; MEDEIROS, CLAUDIA; SABA, MARCELO M. F.; SCHULZ, WOLFGANG; PINTO, JR., OSMAR. Frequency distributions of some parameters of negative downward lightning flashes based on accurate-stroke-count studies. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH, v. 117, MAR 29 2012. Web of Science Citations: 17.
BALLAROTTI‚ MG; SABA‚ MMF; PINTO JR‚ O.. High-speed camera observations of negative ground flashes on a millisecond-scale. Geophysical Research Letters, v. 32, n. 23, p. L23802, 2005.
CAMPOS, LEANDRO Z. S.; SABA, MARCELO M. F.; KRIDER, E. PHILIP. On 2 stepped leaders in negative cloud-to-ground lightning. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, v. 119, n. 11, p. 6749-6767, JUN 16 2014. Web of Science Citations: 1. (10/02716-5, 03/08655-4)
CAMPOS, LEANDRO Z. S.; SABA, MARCELO M. F.; WARNER, TOM A.; PINTO, JR., OSMAR; KRIDER, E. PHILIP; ORVILLE, RICHARD E.. High-speed video observations of natural cloud-to-ground lightning leaders - A statistical analysis. ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH, v. 135, p. 285-305, JAN 2014. Web of Science Citations: 36. (10/02716-5, 03/08655-4)