Comparison between low-flash and non-lightning-producing convective areas within a mature mesoscale convective system

Weather and Forecasting

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 468-486

  Palucki, Jennifer L ^a,b   Biggerstaff, Michael I ^b   MacGorman, Donald R ^c   Schuur, Terry ^b  

^a National Weather Service   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric electricity; Cloud microphysics; Convective storms; Nowcasting; Operational forecasting; Societal impacts

Indexed keywords

CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CONVECTIVE STORMS; NOWCASTING; OPERATIONAL FORECASTING; SOCIETAL IMPACTS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; LIGHTNING PROTECTION; POLARIMETERS; POLAROGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; RADAR; REFLECTION;

STORMS;

ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY; CLOUD MICROPHYSICS; CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING; CONVECTIVE SYSTEM; MESOSCALE METEOROLOGY; NOWCASTING; STORM;

EID: 80052402714     PISSN: 08828156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/WAF-D-10-05012.1     Document Type: Article

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