SAETTA: high-resolution 3-D mapping of the total lightning activity in the Mediterranean Basin over Corsica, with a focus on a mesoscale convective system event

Coquillat, Sylvain; Defer, Eric; de Guibert, Pierre; Lambert, Dominique; Pinty, Jean-Pierre; Pont, Véronique; Prieur, Serge; Thomas, Ronald J.; Krehbiel, Paul R.; Rison, William

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5765-2019

Articles | Volume 12, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5765-2019

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Hydrological cycle in the Mediterranean (ACP/AMT/GMD/HESS/NHESS/OS...

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-5765-2019

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Articles | Volume 12, issue 11

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04 Nov 2019

Research article |

| 04 Nov 2019

SAETTA: high-resolution 3-D mapping of the total lightning activity in the Mediterranean Basin over Corsica, with a focus on a mesoscale convective system event

Sylvain Coquillat, Eric Defer, Pierre de Guibert, Dominique Lambert, Jean-Pierre Pinty, Véronique Pont, Serge Prieur, Ronald J. Thomas, Paul R. Krehbiel, and William Rison

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Review of “SAETTA: high resolution 3D mapping of the total lightning activity in the Mediterranean basin over Corsica, with a focus on a MCS event” by Coquillat et al. submitted May 2019 to Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss.', Anonymous Referee #1, 08 Jul 2019
- AC1: 'Response to Referee #1', Sylvain Coquillat, 16 Sep 2019
RC2: 'Review of AMT-2019-192 by Coquillat et al.', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Jul 2019
- AC2: 'Response to Referee #2', Sylvain Coquillat, 16 Sep 2019
RC3: 'Annotated manuscript for authors', Anonymous Referee #2, 18 Jul 2019
- AC3: 'Response to Referee #2 (PDF scanned copy)', Sylvain Coquillat, 16 Sep 2019
AC4: 'Corrected manuscript', Sylvain Coquillat, 25 Sep 2019

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Sylvain Coquillat on behalf of the Authors (16 Sep 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (23 Sep 2019) by Christian Barthlott

AR by Sylvain Coquillat on behalf of the Authors (26 Sep 2019) Manuscript

Short summary

Characteristics of SAETTA lightning imager installed in Corsica are presented, with original observations of lightning activity at regional and lightning scales. SAETTA monitors thunderstorms in a maritime and mountainous region, complex for weather forecasting and sensitive to global warming. A 3-year lightning climatology highlights frequent activity over a specific region due to relief. Uncommonly high discharge in stratiform thundercloud may support a recent model of charging processes.