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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5573-2019
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5573-2019
© 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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22 Oct 2019
Research article |
| 22 Oct 2019
| 22 Oct 2019
Analysis of the lightning production of convective cells
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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Short summary
This paper presents an analysis of the lightning production of convective cells. Polarimetric weather radar data were used to identify and characterize the convective cells while lightning was detected using the EUCLID network and a lightning mapping array deployed during the summer of 2017 in the northeastern part of Switzerland. In it we show that there is a good correlation between the height of the rimed-particle column and the intensity of the lightning activity in the convective cell.
This paper presents an analysis of the lightning production of convective cells. Polarimetric...
