Member - Ting WU

Ting WU

Associate Professor
E-mail:wu.ting.x4(at)f.gifu-u.ac.jp
URL:tingwu.info
Tel: +81 (0)58-293-2693
Address: Room A404, Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University,
1-1 Yanagido, Gifu City 501-1193, JAPAN

Research Interest
  • Lightning Physics
  • Lightning Locating
  • Severe Thunderstorm
Professional Experience
  • 04/2022 ~ Present:
    Associate Professor. 
    Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University
  • 06/2016 ~ 03/2022:
    Assistant Professor. 
    Faculty of Engineering, Gifu University
  • 04/2013 ~ 05/2016 :
    Postdoc Research Associate. 
    Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
Educational Background
  • 10/2011 ~ 03/2013:
    Ph.D. Electric, Electronic and Information Engineering. 
    Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University
  • 09/2008 ~ 07/2011:
    M.S. Atmospheric Physics and Atmospheric Environment. 
    Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences
  • 09/2004 ~ 07/2008:
    B.S. Atmospheric Sciences. 
    School of Physics, Peking University
Selected Publications
  1. Wu, T., Wang, D., Huang, H., & Takagi, N. (2021). The Strongest Negative Lightning Strokes in Winter Thunderstorms in Japan. Geophysical Research Letters, 48, e2021GL095525, doi:10.1029/2021GL095525. link
  2. Wu, T., Wang, D., & Takagi, N. (2021). Compact Lightning Strokes in Winter Thunderstorms. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 126, e2021JD034932, doi:10.1029/2021JD034932. link
  3. Ting Wu, Daohong Wang, Nobuyuki Takagi (2020). Multiple‐stroke positive cloud‐to‐ground lightning observed by the FALMA in winter thunderstorms in Japan. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125, doi:10.1029/2020JD033039. link
  4. Ting Wu, Daohong Wang, Nobuyuki Takagi (2020). Upward negative leaders in positive upward lightning in winter: propagation velocities, electric field change waveforms, and triggering mechanism. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 125, doi:10.1029/2020JD032851. link
  5. Ting Wu, Daohong Wang, Nobuyuki Takagi (2020). A negative cloud-to-ground lightning flash initiating at a high altitude and starting without classic preliminary breakdown pulses. Journal of Atmospheric Electricity, 39(1), 16-32, doi:10.1541/jae.39.16. link
  6. Ting Wu, Daohong Wang, Nobuyuki Takagi (2019). Velocities of positive leaders in intracloud and negative cloud‐to‐ground lightning flashes. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124, 9983–9995, doi:10.1029/2019JD030783. link
  7. Ting Wu, Daohong Wang, Nobuyuki Takagi (2019), Intracloud lightning flashes initiated at high altitudes and dominated by downward positive leaders, Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 124, 6982–6998, doi:10.1029/2018JD029907. link
  8. Ting Wu, Daohong Wang, Nobuyuki Takagi (2018), Locating preliminary breakdown pulses in positive cloud‐to‐ground lightning, Journal of Geophysical Research, 123, 7989–7998, doi:10.1029/2018JD028716. link
  9. Ting Wu, Daohong Wang, Nobuyuki Takagi (2018), Lightning Mapping with an Array of Fast Antennas, Geophysical Research Letters, 45, 3698-3705, doi:10.1002/2018GL077628. link
  10. Ting Wu, Daohong Wang, William Rison, Ronald J. Thomas, Harald E. Edens, Nobuyuki Takagi, Paul R. Krehbiel (2017), Corona discharges from a windmill and its lightning protection tower in winter thunderstorms. Journal of Geophysical Research, 122, 4849–4865, doi:10.1002/2016JD025832. link
  11. Ting Wu, Satoru Yoshida, Yasuhiro Akiyama, Michael Stock, Tomoo Ushio, Zen Kawasaki (2015), Preliminary breakdown of intracloud lightning: initiation altitude, propagation speed, pulse train characteristics and step length estimation. Journal of Geophysical Research, 120, 9071-9086, doi:10.1002/2015JD023546. link
  12. Ting Wu, Satoru Yoshida, Tomoo Ushio, Zen Kawasaki, Daohong Wang (2014), Lightning-initiator type of narrow bipolar events and their subsequent pulse trains. Journal of Geophysical Research, 119, 7425-7438, doi:10.1002/2014JD021842. link
    13. Full Publication List
Awards
  1. June, 2015. Best Young Scientist Award. 9th Asia-Pacific International Conference on Lightning. Nagoya, Japan.
  2. February, 2015. Outstanding contribution in reviewing by the journal Atmospheric Research.
  3. August, 2014. Young Scientist Award. 31st URSI General Assembly and Scientific Symposium. Beijing, China.
  4. December, 2012. Outstanding Student Paper Award. 2012 AGU fall meeting. San Francisco, USA.
  5. September, 2012. Student Presentation Award. Society of Atmospheric Electricity of Japan.
  6. July, 2011. Outstanding graduate student. Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences.