Session: The utility of lightning data in operational warning and decision-making processes II (93rd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

Thursday, 10 January 2013: 9:45 AM-11:00 AM

Exhibit Hall 3 (Austin Convention Center)

Host: Sixth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

Chair:

Lawrence D. Carey, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Dept. of Atmospheric Science, Huntsville, AL

Papers:

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Quantifying precipitation depth using cloud-to-ground lightning strikes in the southeast US

William Baldwin, Mississippi State Univ., Starkville, MS; and J. L. Dyer

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Data Assimilation of Lightning using 1D+3D/4D WRF Var Assimilation Schemes with Non-Linear Observation Operators

Razvan Stefanescu, Spire Global, Inc., Boulder, CO; and I. M. Navon, M. Marchand, and H. E. Fuelberg

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Implementation and Initial Evaluation of a Real-Time Lightning Jump Algorithm for Operational Use

Kristin M. Kuhlman, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and L. D. Carey, M. T. Filiaggi, K. L. Ortega, C. J. Schultz, and G. J. Stumpf

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Validating high-resolution WRF model on a non-severe thunderstorm case with strong lightning activity in southeastern Brazil

Gisele dos Santos Zepka, INPE, São José dos Campos, São Paulo, Brazil; and F. D. R. Soares, V. H. P. Meireles, C. D. D. S. Gurjão, and K. P. Naccarato

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A cloud-scale total lightning data assimilation technique for the WRF-ARW model

Alexandre Fierro, NOAA/NSSL/Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS, Norman, OK; and E. R. Mansell, C. Ziegler, and D. R. MacGorman

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Tracking Thunderstorm Cells Using Lightning Density Information

Vandoir Bourscheidt Sr., INPE, Sao Jose dos Campos, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and O. Pinto Jr. and K. P. Naccarato

Manuscript (4.6 MB)

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Using Short-Term Forecasts of Total Lightning to Improve Numerical Weather Forecasts

Barry Lynn, Weather It Is, LTD, Efrat, Israel

Handout (515.9 kB)

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