Session 16D |
| | Tropical Cyclone Lightning: Observation and Intensity Change |
| | Chair: Roger T. Edson, NOAA/NWS, Barrigada, Guam
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| 10:15 AM | 16D.1 | Evolution of convective events as indicated by total lightning within three major hurricanes during periods of rapid intensification
 Recorded presentation
Alexandre Olivier Fierro, LANL, Los ALamos, NM; and X. Shao, J. Reisner, T. D. Hamlin, and J. D. Harlin |
| 10:30 AM | 16D.2 | Validation of Vaisala's Global Lightning Dataset (GLD360) over the continental United States 
Recorded presentation
Nicholas W. S. Demetriades, Vaisala, Inc., Tucson, AZ; and M. J. Murphy and J. A. Cramer |
| 10:45 AM | 16D.3 | Eyewall lightning outbreaks and tropical cyclone intensity change
Recorded presentation
Steven Businger, Univ. of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and R. Knabb, N. W. S. Demetriades, and R. L. Holle |
| 11:00 AM | 16D.4 | Assessment of synoptic and microphysical parameters related to lightning in tropical cyclones and storm intensification
Recorded presentation
Marcus D. Austin, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and H. Fuelberg |
| 11:15 AM | 16D.5 | The role of convection in determining tropical cyclone genesis in the eastern North Pacific
Recorded presentation
Lesley A. Leary, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and E. A. Ritchie |
| 11:30 AM | 16D.6 | Polarity and energetics of inner core lightning in three intense North Atlantic hurricanes
Recorded presentation
Jeremy N. Thomas, Digipen Institute of Technology, Redmond, WA; and N. N. Solorzano, S. A. Cummer, and R. H. Holzworth |
| 11:45 AM | 16D.7 | Investigating intensity change in Cyclone Nargis using lightning activity and environmental data
Recorded presentation
Natalia N. Solorzano, Digipen Institute of Technology, Redmond, WA; and J. N. Thomas, R. H. Holzworth, and C. J. Rodger |