Cell mergers and their impact on cloud-to-ground lightning over the Houston area

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 626-632

  Gauthier, Michael L ^a   Petersen, Walter A ^b   Carey, Lawrence D ^c  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^b NASA MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA IN HUNTSVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell merger; Lightning; Radar

Indexed keywords

CELL MERGER; CG LIGHTNING; CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING; CO-LOCATED; CONVECTIVE CELL; CUMULUS CONVECTION; FLASH DENSITY; GROUND FLASH; HOUSTON; LOCAL MAXIMUM; LOUISIANA; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; RADAR REFLECTIVITIES; SUMMER SEASON; TRACKING ALGORITHM; URBAN ZONES;

CELLS; CLIMATOLOGY; CYTOLOGY; MERGING; PRECIPITATION (METEOROLOGY); RADAR;

LIGHTNING;

ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; CONVECTION; CONVECTIVE CLOUD; CUMULUS; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; SUMMER; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; TRACKING;

HOUSTON; LOUISIANA; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952553398     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2010.02.010     Document Type: Article

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