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Electrified simulations of Hurricane Rita (2005) with comparisons to LASA data

Stephen R. Guimond, COAPS/Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and J. Reisner, C. A. Jeffery, and X. M. Shao

A realistic simulation of Hurricane Rita (2005) is performed with a three-dimensional, full-physics atmospheric model (HIGRAD) coupled to an electrification module (Mansell et al. 2005). The model is initialized with Doppler radar derived latent heating estimates of the storm during a rapid deepening phase. Lightning output from the model is compared to measurements of lightning discharge from the Los Alamos Sferic Array (LASA) operating in the very-low frequency radio band. Implications of the results for monitoring and predicting hurricane intensification will be discussed.

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Session 1, Tropical Cyclone Studies and Forecasting using Lightning Data
Monday, 12 January 2009, 1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Room 131A

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