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Then, a MEWT (modified empirical wavelet transform) method based on the EWT was presented for processing the natural lightning signals data. By using our MEWT method, we processed three types of electric field signal data with different frequency bands radiated by the lightning step leader, the cloud pulse and the return stroke, respectively, and the VLF (very low frequency) lightning signals propagating different distances from 500 km to 3500 km, by using the data of the fast electric field change sensors from Nanjing Lightning Location Network (NLLN) in 2018 and the data of the fast electric field change sensors and the VLF electric antennas from the NUIST Wide-range Lightning Location System (NWLLS) in 2021. The results showed that our presented MEWT method could adaptively process different lightning signal data with different frequencies from the step leader, the cloud pulse, and the return stroke; for the lightning VLF signal data from 500 km to 3500 km, the MEWT also achieved a better noise reduction effect. After denoising the signal by using our MEWT, the detection ability of the fast electric field change sensor was improved, and more weak lightning signals could be identified.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14061308","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,3,9]],"date-time":"2022-03-09T01:50:53Z","timestamp":1646790653000},"page":"1308","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Application of a Modified Empirical Wavelet Transform Method in VLF\/LF Lightning Electric Field Signals"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0709-3129","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Bingzhe","family":"Dai","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education (KLME)\/Joint International Research Laboratory of Climate and Environment Change (ILCEC)\/Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD)\/Key Laboratory for Aerosol Cloud-Precipitation of China Meteorological Administration, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-1589-3281","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jie","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education (KLME)\/Joint International Research Laboratory of Climate and Environment Change (ILCEC)\/Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD)\/Key Laboratory for Aerosol Cloud-Precipitation of China Meteorological Administration, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jiahao","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education (KLME)\/Joint International Research Laboratory of Climate and Environment Change (ILCEC)\/Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD)\/Key Laboratory for Aerosol Cloud-Precipitation of China Meteorological Administration, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yingting","family":"Zeng","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Fujian Meteorological Service Center, Fuzhou 350001, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Wenhao","family":"Hou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Jiangsu Meteorological Disaster Prevention Technology Center, Jiangsu Meteorological Bureau, Nanjing 210041, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Junchao","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education (KLME)\/Joint International Research Laboratory of Climate and Environment Change (ILCEC)\/Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD)\/Key Laboratory for Aerosol Cloud-Precipitation of China Meteorological Administration, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yao","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education (KLME)\/Joint International Research Laboratory of Climate and Environment Change (ILCEC)\/Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD)\/Key Laboratory for Aerosol Cloud-Precipitation of China Meteorological Administration, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Qilin","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster, Ministry of Education (KLME)\/Joint International Research Laboratory of Climate and Environment Change (ILCEC)\/Collaborative Innovation Center on Forecast and Evaluation of Meteorological Disasters (CIC-FEMD)\/Key Laboratory for Aerosol Cloud-Precipitation of China Meteorological Administration, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing 210044, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,3,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"16","article-title":"3D spatial-temporal characteristics of initial breakdown process in lightning observed by broadband interferometer","volume":"27","author":"Huanyi","year":"2016","journal-title":"J. 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