Observing relationships between lightning and cloud profiles by means of a satellite-borne cloud radar

Buiat, Martina; Porcù, Federico; Dietrich, Stefano

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-221-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-221-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-221-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 1

Research article

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18 Jan 2017

Research article |

| 18 Jan 2017

Observing relationships between lightning and cloud profiles by means of a satellite-borne cloud radar

Martina Buiat, Federico Porcù, and Stefano Dietrich

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RC1: 'statistical significance of results', Anonymous Referee #1, 30 May 2016
- AC1: 'reply to the reviewer's comment', Federico Porcu, 02 Jun 2016
RC2: 'Review of the article "Observing relationships between lightning and cloud profiles by means of a satellite-borne cloud radar"', Anonymous Referee #2, 20 Jun 2016

Short summary

The cloud radar on board the NASA CloudSat mission provides information on the vertical structure of the cloud that, in the present study, is matched to ground-based measurements of lightning occurrences. The aim of this research was to study the relationship between the ice content of the cloud and its capability to produce lightning. Results show the importance of high ice content, especially close to the cloud top, for producing lightning.