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This paper reports an approach to mapping lightning channels in three dimensions (3D) using two simultaneous interferometers separated by about 10 km. A 3D mapping algorithm was developed based on the triangular intersection method considering the location accuracy of both interferometers and the arrival time of lightning VHF radiation. Simulation results reveal that the horizontal and vertical location errors within 10 km of the center of the two stations are less than 500 m and 700 m, respectively. The 3D development of an intra-cloud (IC) lightning flash and a negative cloud-to-ground (-CG) lightning flash with two different ground terminations in the same thunderstorm are reconstructed, and the extension direction and speed of lightning channels are estimated consequently. Both IC and CG flash discharges showed a two-layer structure in the cloud with discharges occurring in the upper positive charge region and the lower negative charge region, and two horizontally separated positive charge regions were involved in the two flashes. The average distance of the CG ground terminations between the interferometer results and the CG location system was about 448 m. Although disadvantages may still exist in 3D real-time location compared with the lightning mapping array system working with the principle of the time of arrival, interferometry with two or more stations has the advantage of lower station number and is feasible in regions with poor installation conditions, such as heavy-radio-frequency-noise regions or regions that are difficult for the long-baseline location system.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14246378","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,19]],"date-time":"2022-12-19T08:41:41Z","timestamp":1671439301000},"page":"6378","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Three-Dimensional Mapping on Lightning Discharge Processes Using Two VHF Broadband Interferometers"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-7418-631X","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Zhuling","family":"Sun","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Middle Atmosphere and Global Environment Observation, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China"}]},{"given":"Xiushu","family":"Qie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Middle Atmosphere and Global Environment Observation, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China"},{"name":"College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"}]},{"given":"Mingyuan","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Middle Atmosphere and Global Environment Observation, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China"},{"name":"College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China"}]},{"given":"Rubin","family":"Jiang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Middle Atmosphere and Global Environment Observation, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China"}]},{"given":"Hongbo","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Key Laboratory of Middle Atmosphere and Global Environment Observation, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100029, China"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,12,16]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"147","DOI":"10.1016\/j.physrep.2013.09.004","article-title":"The Physics of Lightning","volume":"534","author":"Dwyer","year":"2014","journal-title":"Phys. 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