AE34A:
High-Resolution Observations and Modeling of Physical Phenomena Involved in Cloud Electrification and Lightning eLightning


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Session ID#: 48355

Session Description:
Cloud electrification and lightning involve complex physical phenomena that manifest across a multitude of spatial and temporal scales. In order to properly observe or simulate these phenomena, researchers often make use of high-resolution approaches such as high-speed photography, spectroscopy, and videography; multi-dimensional mapping of lightning flashes using radio-frequency emissions; cloud-resolving atmospheric models coupled with electrification schemes; and complex physical models of subatomic particle motion and collisions. Unfortunately, results from these approaches are often difficult to present easily in traditional conference formats such as slide-based talks (which limit interactivity) and static posters. Therefore, this session is intended for cloud electrification and lightning studies that would benefit from a non-traditional presentation format that improves the ability to interactively present complex scientific results. Studies focusing on all aspects of lightning physics and cloud electrification are highly encouraged, particularly if they are best communicated through use of video, animations, and other advanced visualizations.
Primary Convener:  Timothy J Lang, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States
Conveners:  Maribeth Stolzenburg, University of Mississippi Main Campus, University, MS, United States and Robert C Moore, University of Florida - UF, Gainesville, United States
Primary Liaison:  Timothy J Lang, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States
Chairs:  Timothy J Lang, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States and Maribeth Stolzenburg, University of Mississippi Main Campus, University, MS, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Brant Carlson, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, United States
Index Terms:

3304 Atmospheric electricity [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3314 Convective processes [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3324 Lightning [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Observation of 1598 Elves above South America by the Pierre Auger Cosmic Ray Observatory (410796)
Kevin-Druis Merenda, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO, United States and The Pierre Auger Collaboration
Early results from the RELAMPAGO Lightning Mapping Array (394907)
Timothy J Lang1, Richard J Blakeslee2, Jeff Burchfield3, Matthew T. Wingo1, Lawrence D Carey4, Steve Goodman5 and Wiebke Deierling6, (1)NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, (2)NASA, Madison, United States, (3)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, (4)University of Alabama in Huntsville, Department of Atmospheric Science, Huntsville, AL, United States, (5)Retired, Huntsville, United States, (6)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States
The WRF Lightning Forecast Algorithm: Sensitivities to Microphysics and Other Physics Schemes in the Weather Research and Forecasting Model (453693)
Steven J Goodman, NOAA NESDIS, GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Eugene McCaul Jr, Universities Space Research Association Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, Georgios Priftis, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Earth System Science Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, Jonathan Case, ENSCO, Inc./NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, Themis Chronis, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, Fanyou Kong, University of Oklahoma, Norman, United States, Stephen J Weiss, NWS Storm Prediction Center, Norman, OK, United States and Scott Denbek, USRA, Kennett Square, PA, United States
GPU-based multi-scale simulations of streamers and streamer interactions. (408569)
Miguel Boaventura Teixeira Gomes, IAA-CSIC, Granada, Spain and Alejandro Luque, Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía (IAA)-CSIC, Granada, Spain
Non-Uniform Corona Structures Resulting From the Collective Dynamics of Streamers (431522)
Brant Carlson, Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, United States and Nikolai G. Lehtinen, University of Bergen, Department of Physics and Technology, Bergen, Norway
STUDY OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ELECTRIC CURRENT AND LUMINOSITY OF ATMOSPHERIC DISCHARGES THROUGH HIGH-SPEED CAMERAS IMAGES (456295)
Larissa Antunes da Silva, Centro Nacional de Monitoramento e Alertas de Desastres Naturais (CEMADEN), Hydrology, São José dos Campos, Brazil, Antonio Carlos V Saraiva, INPE National Institute for Space Research, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, Osmar Pinto Jr, INPE, Sao Jose Dos Campos, Brazil, Scott D Rudlosky, NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Silver Spring, United States and Michael J Peterson, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, NM, United States
Study the initiation of upward connecting leaders from lightning rods in common buildings (459390)
Amanda Paiva, INPE National Institute for Space Research, Sao Jose dos Campos, Brazil, Marcelo M Saba, INPE National Institute for Space Research, S. Jose Dos Campos, Brazil, Carina Schumann, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa and Kleber Pinheiro Naccarato, INPE - National Institute for Space Research, São José dos Campos, Brazil
Upward Connecting Leaders of Lightning Flashes to Flat Water and Flat Ground (416286)
Maribeth Stolzenburg1, Thomas C Marshall2, Sumedhe Karunarathne1,3 and Richard E Orville4, (1)University of Mississippi Main Campus, University, MS, United States, (2)Univ Mississippi, University, MS, United States, (3)Baptist College of Health Sciences, General Education and Health Studies, Memphis, TN, United States, (4)Texas A & M Univ, College Station, TX, United States

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