Open AccessLightning flash rate and type in convective storms
Author(s) -
Solomon Robert,
Baker Marcia
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
journal of geophysical research: atmospheres
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.67
H-Index - 298
eISSN - 2156-2202
pISSN - 0148-0227
DOI - 10.1029/97jd03323
Subject(s) - thunderstorm , lightning (connector) , storm , flash (photography) , convective storm detection , middle latitudes , tropical cyclone , meteorology , subtropics , geology , climatology , convection , atmospheric sciences , upper atmospheric lightning , environmental science , lightning strike , oceanography , physics , biology , power (physics) , quantum mechanics , fishery , optics
We use observations and results of a numerical thunderstorm model [ Solomon and Baker , 1994] with the addition of a lightning parameterization [ Solomon and Baker , 1996] to examine thunderstorm development and lightning flash rates in a tropical maritime, subtropical continental, and midlatitude continental storms, We examine the dependence of lightning occurrence and flash rate on cloud condensation nucleus concentrations, primary and secondary glaciation mechanisms, liquid water flux, and updraft velocities.