Chairs: Joseph R Dwyer, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Department of Physics, Durham, NH, United States; University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, Durham, NH, United States and Xuan-Min Shao, Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM, United States
Primary Conveners: Joseph R Dwyer, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space, Durham, NH, United States; University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Department of Physics, Durham, NH, United States
Co-conveners: Xuan-Min Shao, Los Alamos Natl Lab, Los Alamos, NM, United States
OSPA Liaisons: Morris Cohen, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, Atlanta, GA, United States
Leader formation during the Initial Breakdown stage of a lightning flash
Maribeth Stolzenburg1, Thomas C Marshall2, Sumedhe Karunarathne1, Nadeeka Karunarathna1 and Richard E Orville3, (1)University of Mississippi Main Campus, University, MS, United States, (2)Univ Mississippi, University, MS, United States, (3)Texas A & M Univ, College Station, TX, United States
Detectable initial breakdown pulses and the following discharges
Yang Zhang1,2, Yijun Zhang1,2, Weitao Lu1,2 and Dong Zheng1,2, (1)CAMS Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Beijing, China, (2)CAMS Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Laboratory of Lightning Physics and Protection Engineering, Beijing, China
Thunderstorm Charge Structures in South Dakota, Colorado, and New Mexico
Julia Tilles1, Ronald J Thomas2, William Rison2, Tom Alan Warner3, John Helsdon4 and Paul R Krehbiel2, (1)New Mexico Tech, Physics, Socorro, NM, United States, (2)New Mexico Tech, Langmuir Laboratory, Socorro, NM, United States, (3)ZT Research, Rapid City, SD, United States, (4)South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, Physics, Rapid City, SD, United States
Lightning Characteristics of Eastern Mediterranean Thunderstorms
Yoav Yair1,2, Yuval Ben-Ami3, Orit Altaratz3 and Ilan Koren3, (1)The Open University of Israel, Life and Natural Sciences, Ra'anana, Israel, (2)Interdisciplinary Center, Herzliya, Sustainability School, Herzliya, Israel, (3)Weizmann Institute of Science, Earth and Planetary Sciences, Rehovot, Israel
Compact Intracloud Discharge Locations Compared To Thunderstorm Radar Echo Structure
Nadeeka Karunarathna1, Thomas C Marshall2, Maribeth Stolzenburg3 and Sumedhe Karunarathne1, (1)University of Mississippi Main Campus, University, MS, United States, (2)Univ Mississippi, University, MS, United States, (3)University of Mississippi, University, MS, United States