Session 10A Polarimetric Radar Studies of Atmospheric Electricity and Lightning

Wednesday, 30 August 2023: 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Great Lakes BC (Hyatt Regency Minneapolis)
Host: 40th Conference on Radar Meteorology
Chairs:
Vanna C. Chmielewski, CIMMS, NORMAN, OK and Sarah Stough, MSFC, Huntsville, AL

Cloud kinematic, microphysical, and aerosol effects on thunderstorm charging and lightning; anomalous cloud electrification; winter storms and thundersnow; non-thunderstorm cloud electrification, such as pyro-cumulus, dust storms, and volcanoes; spectral polarimetry; multi-frequency, multi-Doppler; recent field campaigns (ESCAPE, LEE).

Papers:
10:30 AM
10A.1
Leveraging the Multiplatform Precipitation Feature Database of Combined Ground Radar and Satellite Lightning Observations for Convective Studies
Sarah M. Stough, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, The University of Oklahoma and NOAA/OAR National Severe Storms Laboratory, Huntsville, OK; and E. Belscher, S. D. Bang, T. J. Lang, and P. N. Gatlin

10:45 AM
10A.2
Detection of Electrification with Dual-Polarimetric Radar Signatures
Wiebke Deierling, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. C. Hubbert, B. L. Medina, and S. M. Ellis

11:00 AM
10A.3
11:15 AM
10A.4
Spectral Polarimetry Analysis for Detection and Tracking of Ice Alignment Signatures in Thunderstorms
MIN-DUAN TZENG, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and T. Y. Yu, D. J. Bodine, and D. Schvartzman

11:30 AM
10A.5
Temporal Evolution of Lightning-Microphysics Relationship in Southeastern US Thunderstorms: Insights from StickNet, LMA, and WSR-88D Data
Kelcy Brunner, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and E. C. Bruning, C. C. Weiss, and V. C. Chmielewski

11:45 AM
10A.6
Electrification Signatures Observed during the Lake Effect Electrification Project
Vanna C. Chmielewski, NSSL, NORMAN, OK; and J. M. Trostel, S. M. Steiger, M. Stock, E. C. Bruning, K. A. Kosiba, J. Wurman, S. M. Waugh, K. M. Calhoun, Y. Wang, and G. T. Stano

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