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 …

A review of atmospheric electricity research in China from 2019 to 2022

W Lyu, D Zheng, Y Zhang, W Yao, R Jiang… - … in Atmospheric Sciences, 2023 - Springer
Atmospheric electricity is composed of a series of electric phenomena in the atmosphere.
Significant advances in atmospheric electricity research conducted in China have been …

Aerosol impacts on storm electrification and lightning discharges under different thermodynamic environments

M Sun, X Qie, ER Mansell, D Liu, Y Yair… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The impacts of aerosol and thermodynamics on electrification and lightning activities have
been investigated in detail using the Weather Research and Forecasting Model coupled …

[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 …

Cosmic ray shower rate variations detected by the ARGO-YBJ experiment during thunderstorms

Axikegu, B Bartoli, P Bernardini, XJ Bi, Z Cao… - Physical review D, 2022 - APS
The ARGO-YBJ detector, located at the Yangbajing Cosmic Ray Laboratory (4300 m asl,
Tibet, China), was a “full coverage” air shower array. The high altitude location and the …

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 …

[HTML][HTML] A Systematic Review of the Potential Influence of Urbanization on the Regional Thunderstorm Process and Lightning Activity

T Shi, G Lu, X Wen, L Liu, P Qi - Atmosphere, 2024 - mdpi.com
In the context of global climate change, lightning disasters have emerged as a serious
environmental factor that restricts the sustainable development of megacities. This paper …

[HTML][HTML] 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 …

A Climatology of Dryline‐Related Convection on the Western Plateau of Subtropical Southern Africa

L van Schalkwyk, RC Blamey, M Gijben… - Journal of …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Drylines occur regularly during summer over the interior of sub‐tropical southern Africa. The
highest frequency of drylines is over the western interior where it is also climatologically …

[HTML][HTML] Ionospheric perturbations due to large thunderstorms and the resulting mechanical and acoustic signatures

BO Ogunsua, X Qie, A Srivastava, OE Abe, C Owolabi… - Remote Sensing, 2023 - mdpi.com
Perturbations from thunderstorms can play a notable role in the dynamics of the ionosphere.
In this work, ionospheric perturbation effects due to thunderstorms were extracted and …