Enhancement of electric fields and charge density by thunderstorm turbulence leading to flash initiation in simulated thunderstorms

Vicente Salinas1, Eric C Bruning1, Lisa Schielicke2, Matthew D. Brothers3 and Edward Mansell4, (1)Texas Tech University, Department of Geosciences Atmospheric Science Group, Lubbock, TX, United States, (2)Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Meteorologie, Berlin, Germany, (3)National Weather Service, Cheyenne, United States, (4)National Severe Storms Lab, Norman, OK, United States