Development of observation system for typhoon and thunderstorms with micro-satellites and ground-based lightning network

Yukihiro Takahashi1, Mitsuteru Sato1, Hisayuki Kubota1, Kozo Yamashita2, Tetsuro Ishida1, Ellison C Castro3,4, Loren Joy Estrebillo3, Purwadi 3, Meryl Algodon3, Gay Jane P Perez5, Joel Joseph Marciano6, Jun Matsumoto7, Jun-Ichi Hamada7, Kazuhisa Tsuboki8 and Hiroyuki Yamada9, (1)Hokkaido University, Faculty of Science, Sapporo, Japan, (2)Ashikaga University, Dept. of Innovative Engineering, Ashikaga, Japan, (3)Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Science, Sapporo, Japan, (4)University of the Philippines, Quezon City, Philippines, (5)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Earth Science Division, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (6)Advanced Science and Technology Institute, Quezon City, Philippines, (7)Tokyo Metropolitan University, Tokyo, Japan, (8)Nagoya University, Institute for Space–Earth Environmental Research, Nagoya, Japan, (9)University of the Ryukyus, Nishihara, Japan