Examining the relationship between aerosols, deep convection, and lightning over the Amazon Basin

Dale J Allen, University of Maryland, Dept. of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, College Park, United States, Melody A Avery, NASA Langley Research Ctr, Hampton, VA, United States, Kenneth E Pickering, University of Maryland, AOSC, College Park, United States and Zhanqing Li, University of Maryland, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Department, College Park, MD, United States