Atmospheric and Space Electricity



Advances in instrumentation and signal and data processing methods for atmospheric electricity applications
Primary Convener:  Jeff L Lapierre, Earth Networks Inc., Research and Development, Germantown, MD, United States
Convener:  Elizabeth DiGangi, Earth Networks Inc., Research and Development, Germantown, MD, United States
Primary Liaison:  Jeff L Lapierre, Earth Networks Inc., Research and Development, Germantown, MD, United States


Advances in Satellite-based Lightning Analysis
Primary Convener:  Geoffrey T Stano, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, United States; Global Hydrology Resource Center (GHRC) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC), University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States
Convener:  Micheal Peterson, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, United States
Primary Liaison:  Geoffrey T Stano, Global Hydrology Resource Center (GHRC) Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC), University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States; University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, United States


Energetic Radiation from Lightning and Thunderstorms
Primary Convener:  Brant Carlson, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, United States
Conveners:  Amitabh Nag, Florida Institute of Technology, Aerospace, Physics and Space Science, Melbourne, FL, United States and Michael S Briggs, CSPAR, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Brant Carlson, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, United States


High-Resolution Data Analysis and Modeling in Atmospheric and Space Electricity
Primary Convener:  Timothy J Lang, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States
Convener:  Pavlo Kochkin, University of Bergen, Birkeland Centre for Space Science, Bergen, Norway
Primary Liaison:  Timothy J Lang, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States


Lightning in a Bottle: Advances in the Experimental Generation of Electrical Discharges
Primary Convener:  Kimberly D Genareau, University of Alabama, Department of Geological Sciences, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
Conveners:  Joshua Mendez Harper, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, United States and Corrado Cimarelli, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Munich, Germany
Primary Liaison:  Kimberly D Genareau, University of Alabama, Department of Geological Sciences, Tuscaloosa, AL, United States


Meteorology and climatology of atmospheric electricity and lightning
Primary Convener:  Eric C Bruning, Texas Tech University, Department of Geosciences Atmospheric Science Group, Lubbock, TX, United States
Convener:  Vanna Chmielewski, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, University of Oklahoma, NOAA/OAR National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK, United States
Primary Liaison:  Eric C Bruning, Texas Tech University, Department of Geosciences Atmospheric Science Group, Lubbock, TX, United States


Observations and Modeling of Cloud and Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Processes
Primary Convener:  Amitabh Nag, Florida Institute of Technology, Department of Aerospace, Physics and Space Sciences, Melbourne, FL, United States
Convener:  Vladimir A Rakov, University of Florida, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Gainesville, FL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Amitabh Nag, Florida Institute of Technology, Department of Aerospace, Physics and Space Sciences, Melbourne, FL, United States


Physics of the lightning discharge
Primary Convener:  Daile Zhang, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States
Convener:  Mason G Quick, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Mason G Quick, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States


Streamers, Leaders, and Lightning Physics
Primary Convener:  Caitano L. da Silva, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Langmuir Laboratory for Atmospheric Research, Socorro, NM, United States
Conveners:  Brian Hare, University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands and Rasha Abbasi, Loyola University Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Caitano L. da Silva, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, Communications and Space Science Laboratory, University Park, PA, United States


Thunderstorm Effects in the Near-Earth Space Environment
Primary Convener:  Victor P Pasko, Pennsylvania State University Main Campus, University Park, PA, United States
Conveners:  Torsten Neubert, Technical University of Denmark, DTU Space, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark and Jean-louis Pincon, LPC2E, Orleans, France
Primary Liaison:  Victor P Pasko, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States


Topics in Atmospheric Electricity
Primary Convener:  Sonja A Behnke, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Convener:  Morris Cohen, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Atlanta, GA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Sonja A Behnke, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, United States


Understanding lightning fingerprints from a satellite perspective
Primary Convener:  Patrick N Gatlin, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States
Convener:  Douglas M Mach, Universities Space Research Association Huntsville, Global Hydrology and Climate Center, Huntsville, AL, United States
Primary Liaison:  Patrick N Gatlin, NASA MSFC, Huntsville, AL, United States


Earth Observations from Geostationary Satellites: Applied Research and Applications
Primary Convener:  Daniel Lindsey, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R, Fort Collins, CO, United States
Conveners:  Joel McCorkel, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Satya N Kalluri, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD, United States and Tsengdar J Lee, NASA, Burke, VA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Daniel Lindsey, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R, Fort Collins, CO, United States


Air pollution detection, monitoring and analytics with human health.
Primary Convener:  Qian Liu, George Mason University Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, United States
Conveners:  Jingchao Yang, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA, United States, Manzhu Yu, George Mason University Fairfax, Fairfax, VA, United States and Yun Li, Curtin University, Perth, WA, Australia
Primary Liaison:  Qian Liu, Ocean University of China, Marine Chemistry, Qingdao, China


Ground-Based Atmospheric Monitoring Networks
Primary Convener:  Dominique E Young, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
Conveners:  Jenny L Hand, Colorado State Univ, Fort Collins, CO, United States, Nicole P Hyslop, University of California, Davis, CA, United States and Xiaolu Zhang, University of California - Davis, Benicia, CA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Dominique E Young, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States


Methodological improvements in fire smoke and smoke exposure
Primary Convener:  Sandra Marcela Loria Salazar, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, School of Meteorology, Norman, OK, United States
Conveners:  Joseph L Wilkins, Saint Louis University, Saint Louis, MO, United States and Cesunica Ivey, University of California Riverside, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Riverside, United States
Primary Liaison:  Jessica L McCarty, Miami University Oxford, Oxford, OH, United States


Tropospheric Ozone Trends Over India from 2004-2020
Primary Convener:  Shakirah Tahani Rogers, Spelman College, Physics, Atlanta, GA, United States
Convener:  Guanyu Huang, Department of Environmental & Health Sciences, Spelman College, Atlanta, GA, United States
Primary Liaison:  Shakirah Tahani Rogers, Spelman College, Physics, Atlanta, GA, United States