AE001
Advancements in Lightning Meteorology, Climatology, and Remote Sensing
Session ID#: 247593
Session Description:
Thunderstorm electrification and lightning have intrinsic ties to the microphysics, kinematics, and thermodynamics of deep convection. These relationships motivate the use of lightning data to inform about convective properties and can be extended to address complex interrelationships between lightning and essential climate variables, including temperature, clouds, precipitation, NOx, and aerosols (https://public.wmo.int/en/programmes/global-climate-observing-system/essential-climate-variables). Multi-instrument observations from ground and space (low Earth orbit and geostationary) have driven a rich research history in lightning meteorology, while new and emerging remote-sensing techniques promise to extend observations throughout the globe. This session invites discussions on advancements in lightning meteorology that address fundamental relationships between ground-, air-, and space-based lightning observations and thunderstorm microphysics, kinematics, and dynamics on local and global scales. Abstracts that address lightning-convection relationships; explore remote sensing measurements, techniques, or detection algorithms; or discuss applications of theoretical or simulated meteorological and/or electrical properties are also encouraged.
Co-Sponsor(s):
Index Terms:
3304 Atmospheric electricity [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3324 Lightning [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3329 Mesoscale meteorology [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3360 Remote sensing [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
Primary Convener: Dr. Kelcy N Brunner, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States
Conveners: Sarah M. Stough1, Sarah D Bang2 and Timothy J Lang2, (1)The University of Oklahoma, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, Norman, United States(2)NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States
Student/Early Career Convener: Sarah M. Stough, The University of Oklahoma, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, Norman, United States
Variations in Lightning Regimes during the 17-20 November 2022 Event of the Lake-Effect Electrification Project (1923728)
Bee Lamsma, SUNY College at Oswego, Atmospheric and Geologic Sciences, Oswego, United States, Scott M Steiger, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY, United States, Yonggang Wang, SUNY College at Oswego, Atmospheric and Geological Sciences, Oswego, NY, United States and Vanna Chmielewski, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, United States
Cloud and Convective Characterization of Lightning Measurements from the 2017 GOES-R Post Launch Test Field Campaign (1926584)
Sarah M. Stough, The University of Oklahoma, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, Norman, United States, Kaitlyn Wheeler, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science, Huntsville, United States, T Daniel D Walker, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Earth System Science Center, Huntsville, United States and Mason Quick, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, United States
Lightning Modification by Wind Turbine Installations (1928034)
Roy Stetson Reger, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Langmuir Lab, Socorro, NM, United States, Richard Sonnenfeld, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Langmuir Lab, Socorro, United States and Julia Tilles, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States
Lightning Characteristics within Intense Tropical Cyclones over the Indian Ocean (1939255)
Mehdi Hasan Rafi, Military Institute of Science and Technology, Department of Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering (EECE), Dhaka, Bangladesh, Md Golam Mostafa, Military Institute of Science and Technology, Electrical, Electronic and Communication Engineering (EECE), Dhaka, Bangladesh and Md Golam Mostafa
Multi-Observer Lightning Remote Sensing for Optical Transport Validation (1939317)
Thom Edwards1, Belle Storm2, Eric C Bruning3 and Dr. Kelcy N Brunner3, (1)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM, United States, (2)Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, United States, (3)Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States
Evaluation of the Meteosat-12 Lightning Imager diurnal flash detection efficiency with the Ebro Lightning Mapping Array (1942584)
Joan Montanya1, Oscar Van Der Velde1, Jesús A. López Trujillo2, Nicolau Pineda3, David Romero4, Gloria Sola5, Marcelo Arcanjo6, Eric Defer7, Serge Soula7, Bartolomeo Viticchiè8, Sven-Erik Enno8 and Jochen Grandell8, (1)Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain, (2)Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Terrassa, Spain, (3)Meteorological Service of Catalonia, Remote Sensing Unit, Barcelona, Spain, (4)UPC, Terrassa - Barcelone, Spain, (5)UPC, Terrassa, Spain, (6)Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Electrical Engineering, Barcelona, Spain, (7)Laboratoire d'Aérologie - Observatoire Midi Pyrénées, Toulouse, France, (8)EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany
Global Regimes of Predictability for Lightning (1944486)
Kaustuv Lahiri1, Akshaya Nikumbh1 and Ravichandran S2, (1)Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India, (2)Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Climate Studies, Mumbai, India
Evolution of Thunderstorm Charge Structure over the Central Tibetan Plateau (1948314)
Dongxia Liu, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Science, Beijing, China, Fengquan Li, Wuhan NARI Limited Liability Company of State Grid Electric Power Research Institute, Wuhan, China and Xiushu Qie, Inst. of Atmospheric Physics, Beijing, China
Why LEE2: Why do we need a second LEE field campaign? (1950045)
Scott M Steiger1, Eric C Bruning2, Vanna Chmielewski3, Michael Peterson4, Michael Stock5, Stephanie A Weiss2, Yonggang Wang6, Thomas White7, Ezekiel Caldon8 and Bee Lamsma9, (1)SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY, United States, (2)Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States, (3)Texas Tech University, Lubbock, United States, (4)Georgia Tech Research Institute, Atlanta, United States, (5)Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, Norman, United States, (6)SUNY College at Oswego, Atmospheric and Geological Sciences, Oswego, NY, United States, (7)SUNY College at Oswego, Oswego, United States, (8)SUNY Oswego, Oswego, United States, (9)SUNY College at Oswego, Atmospheric and Geologic Sciences, Oswego, United States
Analyzing Electrified and Non-Electrified Clouds During the Lake-Effect Electrification (LEE) Project 18-19 November 2022 Event using the WRF-ELEC model (1952801)
Thomas White, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND, United States, Yonggang Wang, SUNY College at Oswego, Atmospheric and Geological Sciences, Oswego, NY, United States and Scott M Steiger, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY, United States
An Analysis of Multi-Radar Multi-Sensor (MRMS) Variables with Respect to Thundersnow during the Lake-Effect Electrification (LEE) Campaign (1953089)
Ezekiel Caldon, SUNY College at Oswego, Oswego, NY, United States, Bee Lamsma, SUNY College at Oswego, Atmospheric and Geologic Sciences, Oswego, United States, Scott M Steiger, SUNY Oswego, Oswego, NY, United States and Yonggang Wang, SUNY College at Oswego, Atmospheric and Geological Sciences, Oswego, NY, United States
Preliminary Analysis of the Impact of DoD Chaff Releases on Thunderstorm Lightning Activity (1980803)
Jhonys Moura1, Adonis Leal1, Phillip Stepanian2 and Earle R Williams3, (1)New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Langmuir Lab, Socorro, NM, United States, (2)MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, United States, (3)Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, United States
Insights on Compact Intracloud Discharges based on multi-frequency measurements from space and ground (1981826)
Liane Kathryn Tarnecki1, Amitabh Nag2, Erin H Lay1, Robert A Haaser1, Torsten Neubert3, Olivier Chanrion3 and Freddy Christiansen4, (1)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States, (2)Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, United States, (3)Technical University of Denmark (DTU), DTU Space, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark, (4)Technical University of Denmark, DTU Space, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
Rising Trend of Positive Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Activity in Monsoon Thunderclouds Over Western India: Role of Dust Aerosols (1992317)
Abhijeet Gangane1,2, Sunil Pawar3, Hamza Varikoden4, V Gopalakrishnan3 and Din Mani Lal3, (1)Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India, (2)Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, Ghaziabad, India, (3)Indian Institute Of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, India, (4)Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, CCCR, Pune, India
A Spatiotemporal Dataset for Lightning Prediction Using TRMM LIS Flash Observations and ERA5 Reanalysis Data (1993228)
Adwait Shelke1, Ravichandran Sivaramakrishnan2, Akshaya Nikumbh1 and Anish Patil3, (1)Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India, (2)Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Centre for Climate Studies, Mumbai, India, (3)Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India
Spatio-Temporal Evolution and Meteorological Controls of Lightning Activity over the Indian Subcontinent (1995137)
Anish Patil1, Ravichandran S2, Akshaya Nikumbh3 and Kaustuv Lahiri3, (1)Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India, (2)Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Climate Studies, Mumbai, India, (3)Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India
Comparison and Diagnosis of Underpredicted WRF-ELEC Flash Rates During the Lake Effect Electrification Field Campaign (1997378)
Zachary McDaniel, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, United States, Eric C Bruning, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States, Yonggang Wang, SUNY College at Oswego, Atmospheric and Geological Sciences, Oswego, NY, United States and Thomas White, SUNY College at Oswego, Oswego, United States
Terrain Impacts on Lake Maracaibo Lightning in High Resolution WRF Simulations (2001174)
Isaiah Montgomery1, George Priftis1, Udaysankar Nair1 and Valentine G Anantharaj2, (1)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science, Huntsville, United States, (2)Oak Ridge National Laboratory, National Center for Computational Sciences, Oak Ridge, TN, United States
An Object-Based Analysis of Lightning Characteristics in Pre-Tropical Cyclogenesis Environments (Invited) (1880418)
Nicholas Mesa1, Benjamin Trabing2,3, Michael M Bell1, Alan Brammer4, Patrick T. Duran5, Philip Klotzbach6, Kate Musgrave4 and Stephanie Stevenson3,7, (1)Colorado State University, Department of Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States, (2)University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, United States, (3)National Hurricane Center, Miami, United States, (4)Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Fort Collins, United States, (5)NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, United States, (6)Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States, (7)NOAA/NWS/NCEP National Hurricane Center, Miami, United States
Analysis of Optical Pulse Characteristics from the Fly’s Eye GLM Simulator during the GOES-R Post Launch Test (1896494)
T Daniel D Walker, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Earth System Science Center, Huntsville, United States, Sarah M. Stough, The University of Oklahoma, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, Norman, United States, Kaitlyn Wheeler, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Department of Atmospheric and Earth Science, Huntsville, United States and Mason Quick, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, United States
Evaluation of Lightning Flashes from Thunderstorms with Anomalous Electrification Structure (1895846)
Kaitlyn Wheeler, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, Sarah Stough, The University of Oklahoma, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, Norman, United States, Mason Quick, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, United States and T Daniel D Walker, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Earth System Science Center, Huntsville, United States
Final granule and lightning climatology products from NASA low-Earth orbit sensors covering 1995-2023 (1893544)
Timothy J Lang1, Daniel Cecil2, Douglas M Mach3, Dennis Edward Buechler4 and Katrina Virts4, (1)NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, (2)NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, United States, (3)Universities Space Research Association Huntsville, Global Hydrology and Climate Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, (4)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States
Lightning Climatology and Hotspots Over Bangladesh Observed by Three LEO and GEO Satellites and Three Ground-Based Lightning Detection Networks (1867300)
Khan Md Golam Rabbani, Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning System for Africa and Asia, Dhaka, Bangladesh, Obaidur Rahman, University of Utah, The School of Environment, Society, and Sustainability (ESS), Salt Lake City, United States, Daniel Cecil, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, United States, Zhu Jie, CMA China Meteorological Administration, National Satellite Meteorological Center, Beijing, China and Nazmul Ahasan Shawn, Regional Integrated Multi-Hazard Early Warning Systems for Africa and Asia, Dhaka, Bangladesh
Properties of positive Narrow Bipolar Events observed in South-Eastern France (1878624)
Ivana Kolmasova1,2, Serge Soula3, Ondrej Santolik1,2, Eric Defer3, Yanan Zhu4, Stéphane Pédeboy5, Radek Lan6, Andrea Kolinska2,7 and Ludek Uhlir8, (1)Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, (2)Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, (3)Laboratoire d'Aérologie - Observatoire Midi Pyrénées, Toulouse, France, (4)Earth Networks Inc., Germantown, United States, (5)METEORAGE, Pau, France, (6)Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Department of Space Physics, Prague, Czech Republic, (7)Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, (8)Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic
The influence of the aerosol distribution on the lightning frequency and charge structure of convective clouds around Japan in winter. (1902572)
Yousuke Sato1, Yuto Yamada2, Ryosuke Yasui3, Toshihiko Takemura4 and Syugo Hayashi3, (1)The University of Osaka, Osaka, Japan, (2)Hokkaido University, Graduate School of Science, Sapporo, Japan, (3)Meteorological Research Institute, Ibaraki, Japan, (4)Kyushu University, Research Institute for Applied Mechanics, Fukuoka, Japan
