Thunderstorm Cloud-Type Classification from Space-Based Lightning Imagers

Derivation of Thunderstorm Ice Hydrometeor Characteristics from Lightning Measurements

Previous calculations (Blyth et al., 2001) predicting that the lightning frequency f is proportional to the product of the downflux p of solid precipitation (graupel) and the mass upflux I of ice crystals, have been subjected to preliminary examination by analyzing data from the STERAO experiment. The analysis has yielded provisional support for this flux hypothesis. The physical reasons for su...

Electrical thunderstorm nowcasting using lightning data mining

This paper presents a study developed at SIMEPAR (Paraná state weather service) using lightning data for electrical thunderstorm nowcasting. Thunderstorm electrical data collected at SIMEPAR such as lightning location, time of occurrence, current intensity, polarity, etc, are stored in real-time in a relational database. As a first step of this study, Microsoft Business Intelligence bundled wit...

04 Thunderstorm and Lightning Climatology of Australia

Thunderstorm and Lightning Climatology of Australia

An improved lightning flash rate parameterization developed from Colorado DC3 thunderstorm data for use in cloud-resolving chemical transport models

Accurate prediction of total lightning flash rate in thunderstorms is important to improve estimates of nitrogen oxides (NOx) produced by lightning (LNOx) from the storm scale to the global scale. In this study, flash rate parameterization schemes from the literature are evaluated against observed total flash rates for a sample of 11 Colorado thunderstorms, including nine storms from the Deep C...