Session: Lightning Applications and Studies in the Atmospheric Sciences (89th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting )

Tuesday, 13 January 2009: 9:45 AM-11:00 AM

Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)

Chair: Eric C. Bruning, University of Maryland

Papers:

P2.1

Comparison of charge structures in storms dominated by positive and negative ground flashes

Eric C. Bruning, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and L. D. Carey, W. A. Petersen, R. J. Blakeslee, S. Goodman, W. D. Rust, and D. R. MacGorman

P2.2

Performance of a statistical framework for analyzing large lightning and radar datasets

Amanda R. S. Anderson, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. J. Lang and S. A. Rutledge

Poster PDF (610.4 kB)

P2.3

Further progress on a framework for the statistical analysis of large radar and lightning datasets

Timothy J. Lang, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. A. Rutledge

Poster PDF (79.3 kB)

P2.4

An evaluation of lightning flash characteristics using LDAR and NLDN networks with warm season Southeast Texas thunderstorms

Joseph W. Jurecka, NOAA/NWSFO, Lubbock, TX; and R. Orville

Poster PDF (612.8 kB)

P2.5

Does the altitude of the charge source region influence stroke multiplicity?

Candace L. Cyrek, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; and K. C. Wiens

P2.6

Microphysics complexity effects on storm evolution and electrification

Blake J. Allen, Pittsburg State University, Pittsburg, KS; and E. R. Mansell

Poster PDF (1.9 MB)

P2.7

Lightning and anthropogenic NOx sources over the U.S. and the western North Atlantic Ocean: Impact on OLR from space-borne observations

Yunsoo Choi, NOAA/ARL, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Kim, A. Eldering, G. Osterman, Y. Yung, and K. N. Liou

P2.8

WRF-Chem Evaluation of Ozone Transport and Production by Lightning and Convection over Western and Central Africa

Jonathan W. Smith, Howard University, Washington, DC; and G. S. Jenkins and M. C. Barth

P2.9

Assimilation of lightning data using cloud analysis within the Rapid Refresh

Ming Hu, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRES, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and S. S. Weygandt, S. G. Benjamin, J. M. Brown, S. E. Peckham, and T. G. Smirnova

P2.10

Climate and Lightning: An updated TRMM-LIS Analysis

P2.11

Using TRMM for thunderstom cell identification and lightning climatology

Anita LeRoy, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen and D. J. Cecil

P2.12

Tropical frequency and distribution of lightning based on 10 years of observations from space by the Lightning Image Sensor (LIS)

Rachel I. Albrecht, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. Goodman, D. E. Buechler, and T. Chronis

Poster PDF (2.2 MB)

P2.13

Total Lightning Activity within Extreme Weather Events Observed by the TRMM LIS and OTD

Lawrence D. Carey, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen and H. J. Christian Jr.

P2.14

A Multi-platform Study of the Environment of Prolific Lightning Producing Storms in South Eastern South America

Mariana Scott, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and D. J. Cecil

P2.15

Narrow Bipolar Event discharges and intense VHF emissions: more on FORTE/LASA joint observations

Abram R. Jacobson, Univ. of Washington, Bellingham, WA

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