Session 8 Lightning and Weather Systems. Part III: Lightning Climatologies

Thursday, 10 January 2019: 8:30 AM-9:30 AM
North 225AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: Ninth Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data
Chair:
Steven J. Goodman, TGA, Owens Cross Roads, AL

Papers:
8:30 AM
8.1
Climatological Properties of Reported Cloud-to-Ground Lightning for Alaska from Several Lightning Locating Systems
Jerome P. Charba, Meteorological Development Laboratory, Silver Spring, MD; and J. E. Ghirardelli, P. E. Shafer, F. G. Samplatsky, and A. J. Kochenash

8:45 AM
8.2
A U.S. Thunderstorm Climatology Based on 25 Years of NLDN Observations (1993−2017)
Thomas L. Koehler, United States Air Force Academy, USAF Academy, CO
9:00 AM
8.3
Lightning Climatology in India
Chad Merrill, Earth Networks; and M. Hoekzema, M. Stock, and J. Lapierre
9:15 AM
8.4
Lightning Climatology of the Lake Victoria Basin in East Africa
Steven J. Goodman, TGA, Owens Cross Roads, AL; and K. S. Virts
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