Mixed-phase clouds: Progress and challenges

A Korolev, G McFarquhar, PR Field… - Meteorological …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
Mixed-phase clouds represent a three-phase colloidal system consisting of water vapor, ice
particles, and coexisting supercooled liquid droplets. Mixed-phase clouds are ubiquitous in …

[HTML][HTML] The RELAMPAGO lightning mapping array: Overview and initial comparison with the geostationary lightning mapper

TJ Lang, EE Ávila, RJ Blakeslee… - … of Atmospheric and …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
The RELAMPAGO Lightning Mapping Array: Overview and Initial Comparison with the
Geostationary Lightning Mapper in: Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology Volume 37 …

Geostationary Lightning Mapper and Earth Networks lightning detection over the contiguous United States and dependence on flash characteristics

M Marchand, K Hilburn, SD Miller - Journal of Geophysical …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
This study compared the detection capabilities of the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM)
and ground‐based Earth Networks Total Lightning Network (ENL) over the contiguous …

Evaluating Geostationary Lightning Mapper flash rates within intense convective storms

SA Rutledge, KA Hilburn, A Clayton… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) marks the first time that lightning
observations at storm‐scale resolution are operationally available from geostationary orbit …

Lightning modelling for the research of forest fire ignition in Portugal

FT Couto, M Iakunin, R Salgado, P Pinto, T Viegas… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - Elsevier
The study aims to assess the applicability of the current Meso-NH electrical scheme
(CELLS) in the investigation of forest fire ignition. Therefore, the challenge is to diagnose …

[HTML][HTML] Distinct aerosol effects on cloud-to-ground lightning in the plateau and basin regions of Sichuan, Southwest China

P Zhao, Z Li, H Xiao, F Wu, Y Zheng… - Atmospheric …, 2020 - acp.copernicus.org
The joint effects of aerosol, thermodynamic, and cloud-related factors on cloud-to-ground
lightning in Sichuan were investigated by a comprehensive analysis of ground-based …

Lightning Mapping Array flash detection performance with variable receiver thresholds

VC Chmielewski, EC Bruning - Journal of Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract This study characterizes Lightning Mapping Array performance for networks that
participated in the Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry field program using new Monte …

Recent history of upgrades to the US National Lightning Detection Network

MJ Murphy, JA Cramer, RK Said - Journal of Atmospheric and …, 2021 - journals.ametsoc.org
Abstract The US National Lightning Detection Network (NLDN) underwent a complete
sensor upgrade in 2013 followed by a central processor upgrade in 2015. These upgrades …

The intracloud lightning fraction in the contiguous United States

G Medici, KL Cummins, DJ Cecil… - Monthly Weather …, 2017 - journals.ametsoc.org
This work addresses the long-term relative occurrence of cloud-to-ground (CG) and
intracloud (IC; no attachment to ground) flashes for the contiguous United States (CONUS). It …

Climatological analyses of LMA data with an open‐source lightning flash‐clustering algorithm

BR Fuchs, EC Bruning, SA Rutledge… - Journal of …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Approximately 63 million lightning flashes have been identified and analyzed from multiple
years of Washington, DC, northern Alabama, and northeast Colorado lightning mapping …