Assimilation of GLM Data Together with Ground-Based Lightning Observations for Improved Storm Spin-up in the High Resolution Rapid Refresh

Amanda Back1, Darrel Kingfield2, Guoqing Ge3, Stephen Weygandt4, Ming Hu5, Curtis Alexander4, Stan Benjamin6 and Eric James7, (1)CIRA/Colorado State University and NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, NOAA/OAR/ESRL/Global Systems Division (GSD), Boulder, CO, United States, (3)Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, (5)CIRES/University of Colorado and NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO, United States, (6)NOAA ESRL Global Systems Division, Boulder, CO, United States, (7)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States