AE12A
The Meteorology and Climatology of Lightning I

Monday, 14 December 2015: 10:20-12:20
3001 (Moscone West)
Primary Conveners:  Timothy J Lang, NASA Marshall Space Flght Ctr, Huntsville, AL, United States
Conveners:  Steven J Goodman, NOAA NESDIS, GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Christopher J Schultz, NASA Marshall Space Flght Ctr, Huntsville, AL, United States
Chairs:  Christopher J Schultz, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States and Steven J Goodman, NOAA NESDIS, GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD, United States
OSPA Liaisons:  Morris Cohen, Georgia Institute of Technology Main Campus, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Atlanta, GA, United States
10:20
Looking Forward to the GOES-R Geostationary Lightning Mapper: Use of Total Lightning Information within Short-Term Forecasts and Hazardous Weather Warnings (Invited) (69964)
Kristin M Kuhlman, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States; NOAA, National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK, United States
10:35
Observations of the spatial and temporal distribution of lightning flash sizes (Invited) (61108)
Eric C Bruning1, Samantha Berkseth1, Vicente Salinas1, Vanna Chmielewski1 and Phillip J. Ware2, (1)Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, United States, (2)University of Oklahoma Norman Campus, Norman, OK, United States
10:50
Total Lightning as it Relates to Rotation in Supercell Thunderstorms (73640)
Sarah Michelle Stough, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States
11:05
Development of Tactical Lightning Avoidance Product for Terminal Weather Support (78473)
Eiichi Yoshikawa1, Satoru Yoshida2, Toru Adachi2, Kenichi Kusunoki2 and Tomoo Ushio3, (1)Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Aeronautical Technology Directorate, Kanagawa, Japan, (2)Meteorological Research Institute, Ibaraki, Japan, (3)Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
11:20
Where are the lightning hotspots on Earth? (Invited) (59124)
Rachel I Albrecht1, Steven J Goodman2, Dennis Edward Buechler3, Richard J Blakeslee4 and Hugh J Christian Jr3, (1)Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, (2)NOAA NESDIS, GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, (4)NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States
11:35
Variation in Regional and Global Lightning (75053)
Robert H Holzworth II1, James B Brundell2, Michael McCarthy1, Katrina Virts1, Michael L Hutchins1, Abram R Jacobson1 and Stan Heckman3, (1)University of Washington Seattle Campus, Seattle, WA, United States, (2)University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand, (3)Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States
11:50
Regional and Seasonal Differences in the Size and Maturity Spectra of Precipitation Systems with Lightning (75273)
Sarah D Bang and Edward J Zipser, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States
12:05
Total Storm Conduction Currents Derived Using a Global Climate Model (75513)
Christina P Kalb, NCAR, Boulder, CO, United States