Topic: Lightning and Cloud Processes: Microphysics, Electrification, Thunderstorm Kinematics, Dynamics, and Lightning II (105th AMS Annual Meeting)

Tuesday, 14 January 2025: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

219 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Host: 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data

Chairs:

Elizabeth DiGangi, Earth Networks, Germantown, MD and Jessica Cristina dos Santos Souza, Texas Tech University, Atmospheric Science Group, Lubbock, TX

Organizer:

Elizabeth DiGangi, Earth Networks, Germantown, MD

Lightning is often used to proxy changes in thunderstorm intensification, microphysics, kinematics, and dynamics. This session aims to discuss updates on how lightning data are used in conjunction with other meteorological datasets to answer research questions focused on relating lightning properties to changes in a storm's environment for research and operational objectives.

Papers:

8:30 AM

5.1

Location of Plume Charge Stratification as Indicated by Volcanic Ash Grain Size Distributions

Kimberly Genareau, Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL; and K. M. Murphy, C. J. Schultz, and A. R. Naeger

8:45 AM

5.2

Winter Lightning Flashes as Detected by a Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) During the Lake Effect Electrification (LEE) Field Campaign

Stephanie A. Weiss, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and J. L. Losego, V. C. Chmielewski, S. M. Steiger, B. M. Lamsma, G. T. Stano, M. J. Peterson, E. C. Bruning, K. M. Calhoun, M. Stock, and T. Weist

9:00 AM

5.3

Lightning and Radar Structure of Lake-effect Storms during the 2022-23 Lake-Effect Electrification (LEE) Study

Scott M. Steiger, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY; and E. Caldon, B. M. Lamsma, K. Farrell, E. C. Bruning, and V. C. Chmielewski

9:15 AM

5.4

A Comparison of Dual-Polarimetric Radar Variables in Two Lake-Effect Storms With and Without Lightning During the Lake-Effect Electrification (LEE) Project

Ezekiel Caldon, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY; and S. M. Steiger and Y. Wang

9:30 AM

5.5

Lightning Overview from the 18-19 Nov 2022 Event during the Lake-Effect Electrification (LEE) Project

Kaitlin Farrell, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY; and S. M. Steiger and Y. Wang