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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-2881-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-2881-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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27 May 2019
Research article |
| 27 May 2019
| 27 May 2019
Polarimetric radar characteristics of lightning initiation and propagating channels
Jordi Figueras i Ventura
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
MeteoSwiss, Locarno, Switzerland
Nicolau Pineda
Meteorological Service of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya UPC, Terrassa, Spain
Nikola Besic
MeteoSwiss, Locarno, Switzerland
Jacopo Grazioli
MeteoSwiss, Locarno, Switzerland
Alessandro Hering
MeteoSwiss, Locarno, Switzerland
Oscar A. van der Velde
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya UPC, Terrassa, Spain
David Romero
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya UPC, Terrassa, Spain
Antonio Sunjerga
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Amirhossein Mostajabi
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Mohammad Azadifar
Haute Ecole Spécialisée de Suisse occidentale HES-SO, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
Marcos Rubinstein
Haute Ecole Spécialisée de Suisse occidentale HES-SO, Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland
Joan Montanyà
Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya UPC, Terrassa, Spain
Urs Germann
MeteoSwiss, Locarno, Switzerland
Farhad Rachidi
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Lightning activity and its associations with cloud structures in a rainstorm dominated by warm precipitation Z. Liu et al. 10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105120
- Characteristics of Regions with High-Density Initiation of Flashes in Mesoscale Convective Systems F. Wang et al. 10.3390/rs14051193
- Thundercloud structures detected and analyzed based on coherent Doppler wind lidar K. Wu et al. 10.5194/amt-16-5811-2023
- Analysis of the lightning production of convective cells J. Figueras i Ventura et al. 10.5194/amt-12-5573-2019
- A Combined IR-GPS Satellite Analysis for Potential Applications in Detecting and Predicting Lightning Activity L. D’Adderio et al. 10.3390/rs12061031
- New Insights Into the Correlation Between Lightning Flash Rate and Size in Thunderstorms D. Zheng & Y. Zhang 10.1029/2021GL096085
- Säntis lightning research facility: a summary of the first ten years and future outlook F. Rachidi & M. Rubinstein 10.1007/s00502-022-01031-2
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- Meteorological Aspects of Self‐Initiated Upward Lightning at the Säntis Tower (Switzerland) N. Pineda et al. 10.1029/2019JD030834
- Lightning activity and its associations with cloud structures in a rainstorm dominated by warm precipitation Z. Liu et al. 10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.105120
- Characteristics of Regions with High-Density Initiation of Flashes in Mesoscale Convective Systems F. Wang et al. 10.3390/rs14051193
- Thundercloud structures detected and analyzed based on coherent Doppler wind lidar K. Wu et al. 10.5194/amt-16-5811-2023
- Analysis of the lightning production of convective cells J. Figueras i Ventura et al. 10.5194/amt-12-5573-2019
- A Combined IR-GPS Satellite Analysis for Potential Applications in Detecting and Predicting Lightning Activity L. D’Adderio et al. 10.3390/rs12061031
- New Insights Into the Correlation Between Lightning Flash Rate and Size in Thunderstorms D. Zheng & Y. Zhang 10.1029/2021GL096085
- Säntis lightning research facility: a summary of the first ten years and future outlook F. Rachidi & M. Rubinstein 10.1007/s00502-022-01031-2
- Exploiting radar polarimetry for nowcasting thunderstorm hazards using deep learning N. Rombeek et al. 10.5194/nhess-24-133-2024
- Thunderstorm charge structures favouring cloud-to-ground lightning A. Salvador et al. 10.1016/j.atmosres.2021.105577
Latest update: 22 Nov 2024
Short summary
This paper presents an analysis of a large dataset of lightning and polarimetric weather radar data collected over the course of a lightning measurement campaign that took place in the summer of 2017 in the area surrounding Säntis in northeastern Switzerland. We show that polarimetric weather radar data can be helpful in determining regions where lightning is more likely to occur, which is a first step towards a lightning nowcasting system.
This paper presents an analysis of a large dataset of lightning and polarimetric weather radar...
