Program: Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data (85th AMS Annual Meeting)

Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

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Sunday, 9 January 2005

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Sunday, 9 January 2005

SUN 9 JAN

7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Sunday, 9 January 2005

Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-5:40 PM: Sunday, 9 January 2005

Conference Registration

Monday, 10 January 2005

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Monday, 10 January 2005

Mon 10 Jan

7:30 AM-7:30 AM: Monday, 10 January 2005

Registration continues through Thursday, 13 January

9:00 AM-10:15 AM: Monday, 10 January 2005

Lightning applications in warning and decision support 1: Operational applications

Sponsor: Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

Chair: Steven J. Goodman, NASA/MSFC

Papers:

9:00 AM

1.1

Operational Applications of Lightning Data at WFO Melbourne, FL: A 15-Year Retrospective

David W. Sharp, NOAA/NWS, Melbourne, FL

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.5 MB)

9:30 AM

1.2

The Integration of Total Lightning Information into National Weather Service Operations

Christopher B. Darden, NOAA/NWS, Huntsville, AL; and P. V. Bridenstine, J. E. Burks, S. J. Goodman, D. E. Buechler, J. Hall, and J. T. Bradshaw

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM

1.3

The Incorporation of Lightning Climatologies into the Interactive Forecast Preparation System (IFPS)

Andrew I. Watson, NOAA/NWS, Tallahassee, FL; and T. J. Turnage, P. E. Shafer, J. R. Stroupe, T. P. Lericos, and H. E. Fuelberg

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.3 MB)

10:00 AM

1.4

Use of lightning data for Space Shuttle and Soyuz re-entry and landing forecasts at Johnson Space Center

Timothy D. Oram, NOAA/NWS, Fort Worth, TX; and T. Garner and B. Hoeth

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/smg

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (764.7 kB)

10:45 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005

Lightning applications in warning and decision support 2: Developing applications

Sponsor: Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

Chair: Christopher Bryan Darden, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

10:45 AM

2.1

Applications of advanced lightning mapping technologies to storm research and weather operations

Donald R. MacGorman, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK

Recorded presentation

11:15 AM

2.2

One severe storm with two distinct electrical regimes during its lifetime: Implications for nowcasting severe weather with lightning data

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

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (693.1 kB)

11:30 AM

2.3

An analysis of lightning holes in a DFW supercell storm using total lightning and radar information

Martin J. Murphy, Vaisala, Tucson, AZ; and N. W. S. Demetriades

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.9 MB)

11:45 AM

2.4

On the representation of two- and three-dimensional total lightning information

Jean-Yves Lojou, Vaisala, Meyreuil, France; and K. L. Cummins

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005

Lightning applications in warning and decision support 3: Warning systems and techniques

Sponsor: Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

Chair: David W. Sharp, NOAA/NWS

Papers:

1:30 PM

3.1

Thunderstorm nowcasting and climatology using cylindrical coordinate Hovm�ller diagrams: An NLDN application

Thomas A. Seliga, Volpe National Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, MA; and D. A. Hazen

Poster PDF (681.1 kB)

1:45 PM

3.2

Using WSR-88D reflectivity for the prediction of cloud-to-ground lightning: a central North Carolina study

Brandon R. Vincent, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC and NOAA/NWS, Newport, NC; and L. D. Carey, D. Schneider, K. Keeter, and R. Gonski

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (184.1 kB)

2:00 PM

3.3

Development of Optimal Lightning Warning Procedures Using Probabilistic Risk Assessment

Terry F. Bott, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and S. W. Eisenhawer

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (196.3 kB)

2:15 PM

3.4

Automated two-hour thunderstorm guidance forecasts

Jerome P. Charba, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and F. Liang

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (557.8 kB)

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005

Poster Session 1

Sponsor: Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

Chair: Stephen J. Hodanish, NOAA/NWSFO

Papers:

P1.1

Relationships between total lightning and storm strength using data from the north Alabama Lightning Mapping Array (LMA)

Jessica R. Stroupe, NOAA/NWSFO, Calera, AL; and M. W. Rose and K. J. Pence

P1.2

The Application of Total Lightning Data in the Warning Decision Making Process

Priscilla V. Bridenstine, NOAA/NWS, Huntsville, AL; and C. B. Darden, J. Burks, and S. J. Goodman

Poster PDF (211.7 kB)

P1.3

Assessments of total lightning data utility in weather forecasting

Dennis E. Buechler, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and S. Goodman, K. La Casse, R. Blakeslee, and C. Darden

P1.4

A comparison of lightning flash rate to rainfall over Florida

Julie A. States, NOAA/NWS, Ruskin, FL; and C. H. Paxton, F. W. Alsheimer, and J. L. Fieux

Poster PDF (443.0 kB)

P1.5

Developing methods to nowcast total lightning flash rates and convective initiation using satellite infrared convective cloud information

John R. Mecikalski, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and S. J. Paech and K. M. Bedka

Poster PDF (234.0 kB)

P1.6

Combining lightning with satellite data for analysis and prediction

Roderick A. Scofield, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and R. J. Kuligowski and S. Qiu

Poster PDF (340.0 kB)

P1.7

Total lightning and radar characteristics of supercells: Insights on electrification and severe weather forecasting

Scott M. Steiger, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and R. E. Orville, M. J. Murphy, and N. W. S. Demetriades

Poster PDF (315.4 kB)

P1.8

Preliminary Results from Phase-1 of the Statistical Forecasting of Lightning Cessation Project

William P. Roeder, 45th Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL; and J. E. Glover

Poster PDF (337.4 kB)

P1.9

An operational system for real-time lightning display and resource protection

Erik G. Magnuson, ENSCO, Inc., Cocoa Beach, FL; and S. L. Arnold and A. V. Dianic

P1.10

Comparison of in-situ electric field and radar derived parameters for stratiform clouds in Central Florida

Monte Bateman, Universities Space Research Association and NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and D. Mach, S. Lewis, J. Dye, E. Defer, C. A. Grainger, P. Willis, F. Merceret, D. Boccippio, and H. Christian

Poster PDF (271.6 kB)

P1.11

NWS cloud-to-ground lightning threat analysis

Nicole M. Kempf, NOAA/NWS, Tulsa, OK; and G. E. Wiley

Poster PDF (497.1 kB)

P1.12

A warning method for the risk of cloud-to-ground lightning based on total lightning and radar information

Martin J. Murphy, Vaisala, Tucson, AZ; and R. L. Holle

P1.13

On The Need for Electric-Field Meters to Support Critical Lightning Hazard-Warning Decision Processes

William H. Beasley, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. G. Byerley III, E. R. Mansell, J. W. Conway, M. D. Eilts, R. Jabrzemski, and M. M. Lengyel

Poster PDF (267.8 kB)

P1.14

The Lightning Decision Support System:Predicting lightning threat utilizing integrated data sources

J. William Conway, Weather Decision Technologies, Inc., Norman, OK; and M. D. Eilts

P1.15

Developing a statistical scheme to predict the occurrence of lightning in south Florida

Justin M. Winarchick, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and H. E. Fuelberg

http://bertha.met.fsu.edu

Poster PDF (534.0 kB)

P1.16

A statistical procedure to forecast the daily amount of warm season lightning in south Florida

Phillip E. Shafer, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and H. E. Fuelberg

http://bertha.met.fsu.edu

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

P1.17

Lightning Safety and Outdoor Stadiums

Joel Gratz, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and R. Church and E. Noble

Poster PDF (1.8 MB)

P1.18

Analysis of Operational Data from the Lightning Detection and Warning System at Los Alamos National Laboratory

S. W. Eisenhawer, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and T. F. Bott, C. R. Odom, and W. H. Beasley

Poster PDF (2.9 MB)

4:00 PM-5:15 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005

Lightning prediction, safety, and protection

Sponsor: Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

Chair: William P. Roeder, AWS

Papers:

4:00 PM

4.1

Objective Lightning Forecasting at Kennedy Space Center and Cape Canaveral Air Force Station using Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Surveillance System Data

Winifred C. Lambert, ENSCO, Inc., Cocoa Beach, FL; and M. Wheeler and W. Roeder

http://science.ksc.nasa.gov/amu

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (487.8 kB)

4:15 PM

4.2

Development of an operational statistical scheme to predict the location and intensity of lightning

Phillip D. Bothwell, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/SPC, Norman, OK

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (478.0 kB)

4:30 PM

4.3

A physically-based parameter for lightning prediction and its calibration in ensemble forecasts

David R. Bright, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK; and R. E. Jewell, M. S. Wandishin, and S. J. Weiss

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.2 MB)

4:45 PM

4.4

Warm season lightning probability prediction for Canada and the northern United States

William R. Burrows, EC, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and C. Price and L. Wilson

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (67.7 kB)

4.5

Meteorological case studies of lightning strike victims in Colorado

5:15 PM

4.6

Florida lightning deaths and injuries 1998-2003 and mitigation strategies using lightning data.

Jessica L. Fieux, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and R. J. Sharp, C. H. Paxton, and J. A. States

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (166.2 kB)

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005

Sessions End for the day

5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005

FORMAL OPENING OF EXHIBITS WITH RECEPTION (CASH BAR)

7:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 10 January 2005

Suki Manabe Symposium Banquet

Tuesday, 11 January 2005

6:00 AM-6:00 AM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

TUE 11 JAN

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

Advances in lightning technology and transfer from research to operations

Sponsor: Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

Chair: Richard J. Blakeslee, NASA/MSFC

Papers:

8:30 AM

5.1

Powerful VHF pulses from thunderstorms as a satellite-remote-sensing proxy for severe convection

Abram R. Jacobson, LANL, Los Alamos, NM

http://nis-www.lanl.gov/nis-projects/forte_science/

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (2.3 MB)

8:45 AM

5.2

Real-time observations with the Lightning Mapping Array

Paul R. Krehbiel, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM; and B. Rison, T. Hamlin, R. Thomas, D. R. MacGorman, and W. D. Rust

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM

5.3

A flash clustering algorithm for North Alabama Lightning Mapping Array data

Eugene W. McCaul Jr., USRA, Huntsville, AL; and J. C. Bailey, J. Hall, S. J. Goodman, R. J. Blakeslee, and D. E. Buechler

Recorded presentation

9:15 AM

5.4

Applications of lightning data: Past, present and future

Walter A. Lyons, FMA Research, Inc., Fort Collins, CO

Recorded presentation

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

Poster Session 2

Sponsor: Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

Chair: Martin J. Murphy, Vaisala

Papers:

P2.1

The North Alabama Lightning Mapping Array (LMA): A network overview

Richard J. Blakeslee, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and J. C. Bailey, D. E. Buechler, S. J. Goodman, E. W. McCaul Jr., and J. M. Hall

P2.2

LIGHTNING MEASUREMENTS OVER BRAZIL: ASSEMENT OF DIFFERENT LIGHTNING DETECTION SYSTEMS

Carlos Morales, University of Sao Paolo, Sao Paulo, 05508-900, Sao Paulo, Brazil; and O. Pinto Jr. and E. N. Anagnostou

P2.3

Mapping lightning at White Sands - a first look.

Daniel Breed, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Mueller, T. Saxen, and N. Oien

P2.4

Installation, Upgrade, and Evaluation of a Short Baseline Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Surveillance System used to Support Space Launch Operations

Billie F. Boyd, 45th Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL; and W. P. Roeder, D. L. Hajek, and M. B. Wilson

Poster PDF (415.4 kB)

P2.5

VHF lightning detection and storm tracking from GPS orbit

David M. Suszcynsky, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and A. R. Jacobson, J. Linford, T. E. Light, and A. Musfeldt

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

P2.6

The United States Precision Lightning Network:A new era in lightning detection technologies

Rodney B. Bent, TOA Systems, Inc., Melbourne, FL; and M. D. Eilts

P2.7

Idealized Numerical Simulation of the Evolution of Tropical Cyclone Electrification, Lightning, Microphysics, and Kinematics at Landfall

Alexandre O. Fierro, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and L. M. Leslie, E. R. Mansell, and J. Straka

Poster PDF (645.6 kB)

P2.8

Long-Range lightning applications for hurricane intensity

Nicholas W. S. Demetriades, Vaisala, Inc., Tucson, AZ; and R. L. Holle

Poster PDF (265.7 kB)

P2.9

Re-construction of historical extreme precipitation events using radar, cloud-to-ground lightning and conventional observations

John F. Henz, HDR Engineering, Inc; Denver, Colorado, Denver, CO

P2.10

Incorporating lightning data into a real-time infrared/microwave satellite precipitation algorithm

Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and J. S. Im

Poster PDF (39.9 kB)

P2.11

Convective Precipitation and Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Relationships in Canada

B. Kochtubajda, MSC, Edmonton, AB, Canada; and W. R. Burrows and M. Lapalme

P2.12

The Influence of the El Ni�o -Southern Oscillation on Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Activity along the Gulf Coast of the United States

Mark LaJoie, NPS, Monterey, CA; and A. Laing, S. Reader, and K. Pfeiffer

P2.13

Examination of thundersnow cases in the United States utilizing NLDN data

Larry Smith, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO; and C. J. Melick and P. S. Market

Poster PDF (191.9 kB)

P2.14

Alaska lightning climatology and application to wildfire science

Elaine McGuiney, Penn State University, State College, PA; and M. Shulski and G. Wendler

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

P2.15

The impact of lightning NO_x production on atmospheric chemistry in a CRYSTAL-FACE thunderstorm simulated using a 3-D cloud-scale chemical transport model

L. Ott, Department of Meteorology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and K. Pickering, G. Stenchikov, R. -. F. Lin, B. Ridley, M. Loewenstein, J. Lopez, and E. Richard

P2.16

Lightning characteristics of the Aurora, NE record hail stone producing supercell of 22-23 June 2003 during BAMEX

Walter A. Lyons, FMA Research, Inc., Fort Collins, CO; and S. A. Cummer

Poster PDF (1.0 MB)

P2.17

Cloud-to-ground lightning behavior of convective cells observed during STEPS

Sarah A. Tessendorf, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and S. A. Rutledge

http://radarmet.atmos.colostate.edu/~saraht/STEPS/Thetae.html

Poster PDF (143.1 kB)

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

11:00 AM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

Application of lightning data in atmospheric process studies 1: Assimilation and forecasting

Sponsor: Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

Chair: Don MacGorman, NOAA/NSSL

Papers:

11:00 AM

6.1

Lightning and its application to improving short-range forecasting

Steven J. Goodman, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL

Recorded presentation

11:30 AM

6.2

Lightning produced by cold season oceanic extratropical cyclones: Observations related to nowcasting storm development, intensity and precipitation amounts

Nicholas W. S. Demetriades, Vaisala, Inc., Tucson, AZ; and R. L. Holle

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (407.8 kB)

11:45 AM

6.3

Toward the Assimilation of Lightning Data over the Pacific Ocean into a Mesoscale NWP Model

Antti T. Pessi, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI; and S. Businger, T. Cherubini, K. L. Cummins, and T. Turner

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM

6.4

Lightning contribution to improvement of passive microwave vertical structure and rainfall estimation

Dennis J. Boccippio, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (944.3 kB)

11:30 AM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

Exhibits Open

12:15 PM-12:15 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

Application of lightning data in atmospheric process studies 2: Climatological Studies

Sponsor: Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

Chair: Larry Carey, Texas A&M University

Papers:

1:30 PM

7.1

GLOBAL LIGHTNING ACTIVITY

Hugh J. Christian Jr., NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and W. Petersen

2:00 PM

7.2

On the Use of Satellite Observations For Research in Meteorology and Climate Dynamics

William H. Beasley, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Karoly and C. M. M. Noble

Recorded presentation

2:15 PM

7.3

TRMM observations of the basic relationship between ice water content and lightning

Walter A. Petersen, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and D. J. Boccippio and H. J. Christian

Poster PDF (354.7 kB)

2:30 PM

7.4

Thunderstorm Characteristics during the 2002 RACCI/LBA Field Campaign

Carlos Augusto Morales, University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, SP, Brazil; and M. E. Frediani and L. A. T. Machado

http://www.zeus.iag.usp.br

Poster PDF (253.6 kB)

2:45 PM

7.5

Application of ground-based lightning flash network data in flight planning for the NASA Intercontinental Chemical Transport Experiment � North America (INTEX-NA)

K. Pickering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and A. M. Thompson, T. Kucsera, L. Pfister, H. B. Selkirk, M. A. Avery, E. V. Browell, and R. Cohen

Recorded presentation

3:00 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

3:00 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

Exhibits Open

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 11 January 2005

Application of lightning data in atmospheric process studies 3: Mesoscale

Sponsor: Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data

Chair: Walter A. Petersen, University of Alabama

Papers:

3:30 PM

8.1

Environmental control of cloud-to-ground lightning polarity in severe storms during IHOP

Lawrence D. Carey, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and K. M. Buffalo

http://www.met.tamu.edu/personnel/faculty/carey.html

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (947.7 kB)

3:45 PM

8.2

The Houston Environmental Aerosol Thunderstorm (HEAT) Project � 2005

Richard E. Orville, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas; and L. Carey, J. Nielsen-Gammon, D. Collins, R. Zhang, A. Stuart, B. Ely, S. Steiger, and J. Smith

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

8.3

Dissecting the anomaly�A closer look at the documented enhancement in summertime ground flash densities in and around the Houston area

Michael L. Gauthier, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen, L. D. Carey, and R. E. Orville

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (1.9 MB)

4:15 PM

8.4

Towards the relationship between total lightning activity and downward as well as upward ice mass fluxes in thunderstorms

Wiebke Deierling, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and W. A. Petersen, J. Latham, S. M. Ellis, and H. J. Christian Jr.

Poster PDF (431.4 kB)

4:30 PM

8.5

Applications of the Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Surveillance System Database

William P. Roeder, 45th Weather Squadron, Patrick AFB, FL; and J. W. Weems and P. B. Wahner

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (299.0 kB)

4:45 PM

8.6

Surface Observations of the Electric Field and the Radar Reflectivity of Decaying Thunderstorm Anvils and Debris Clouds at the NASA Kennedy Space Center

Natalie D. Murray, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona; and E. P. Krider and J. E. Dye

Recorded presentation Poster PDF (79.3 kB)

Wednesday, 12 January 2005

7:30 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 12 January 2005

AMS Annual Awards Banquet

Thursday, 13 January 2005

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 13 January 2005

Conference Ends

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