A review of atmospheric electricity research in China from 2011 to 2018

X Qie, Y Zhang - Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2019 - Springer
Atmospheric electricity research has been conducted actively in China, having profited from
the development and application of high temporal and spatial resolution lightning detection …

Understanding the dynamical-microphysical-electrical processes associated with severe thunderstorms over the Beijing metropolitan region

X Qie, S Yuan, Z Chen, D Wang, D Liu, M Sun… - Science China Earth …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract The Dynamical-microphysical-electrical Processes in Severe Thunderstorms and
Lightning Hazards (STORM973) project conducted coordinated comprehensive field …

Effects of convective mergers on the evolution of microphysical and electrical activity in a severe squall line simulated by WRF coupled with explicit electrification …

J Lu, X Qie, X Xiao, R Jiang, ER Mansell… - Journal of …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
To investigate the process of convective merger (CM) and its effect on thunderstorms
evolution and corresponding electrical activity, a severe squall line that took place on 27 …

Origin of an uncommon multiple‐stroke positive cloud‐to‐ground lightning flash with different terminations

S Yuan, X Qie, R Jiang, D Wang, Z Sun… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
An uncommon three‐stroke positive cloud‐to‐ground (+ CG) lightning flash was observed
by synchronous multifrequency radiation sensors, and the three‐dimensional development …

[HTML][HTML] Aerosol effects on electrification and lightning discharges in a multicell thunderstorm simulated by the WRF-ELEC model

M Sun, D Liu, X Qie, ER Mansell, Y Yair… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - acp.copernicus.org
To investigate the effects of aerosols on lightning activity, the Weather Research and
Forecasting (WRF) Model with a two-moment bulk microphysical scheme and bulk lightning …

Satellite-observed lightning hotspots in India and lightning variability over tropical South India

CK Unnikrishnan, S Pawar… - Advances in Space …, 2021 - Elsevier
Lightning characteristics in India are examined with satellite-based Lightning Imaging
Sensor (LIS) and ground-based Indian Lightning Detection Network (ILDN). LIS …

Lightning activity during convective cell mergers in a squall line and corresponding dynamical and thermodynamical characteristics

J Lu, X Qie, R Jiang, X Xiao, D Liu, J Li, S Yuan… - Atmospheric …, 2021 - Elsevier
The convective cell mergers and their impact on lightning activity during an extreme severe
squall line system that occurred over the Beijing Metropolitan Region (BMR) have been …

Investigation of thundercloud features in different regions

A Sin'kevich, B Boe, S Pawar, J Yang, A Abshaev… - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
A comparison of thundercloud characteristics in different regions of the world was
conducted. The clouds studied developed in India, China and in two regions of Russia …

Location accuracy improvement of long-range lightning detection network in China by compensating ground wave propagation delay

J Zhang, J Zhou, J Li, J Gu, Q Zhang, B Dai, Y Wang… - Remote Sensing, 2022 - mdpi.com
Very low frequency (VLF) electromagnetic waves distort along the long propagation path,
and that causes the arrival time of the signals measured by the long-range lightning system …

Lightning data assimilation with comprehensively nudging water contents at cloud-resolving scale using WRF model

Z Chen, X Qie, D Liu, Y Xiong - Atmospheric Research, 2019 - Elsevier
A new lightning data assimilation (LDA) scheme comprehensively nudging water contents in
the WRF model is developed at cloud-resolving scale, which takes the dynamical and …