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Lightning Forecasting

Lightning Forecasting is a predictive meteorological method that identifies the likelihood, timing, and location of atmospheric electrical discharges within mountainous regions by analyzing synoptic and mesoscale weather patterns, topographic influences, and convective instability indices.

201

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9.7K

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609

Authors

238

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2017–2026

91

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Publications

201

A simple lightning parameterization for calculating global lightning distributions

Colin Price, David Rind · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1992 · 976 citations

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Total lightning activity as an indicator of updraft characteristics

Wiebke Deierling, Walter A. Petersen · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 2008 · 363 citations · Full text

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Forecasting Lightning Threat Using Cloud-Resolving Model Simulations

Eugene W. McCaul, Steven J. Goodman, Katherine Lacasse et al. · Weather and Forecasting · 2008 · 260 citations · Full text

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Refined Supercell and Tornado Forecast Parameters

Erik N. Rasmussen · Weather and Forecasting · 2003 · 259 citations

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Long-term impacts of aerosols on precipitation and lightning over the Pearl River Delta megacity area in China

Yuan Wang, Qilin Wan, Fei Liao et al. · Atmospheric chemistry and physics · 2011 · 238 citations · Full text

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Authors

609

  1. ER
    Edward R. Mansell

    NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory, United States

    12 publications · 862 citations

    12

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  2. AO
    Alexandre O. Fierro

    Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies, United States

    12 publications · 804 citations

    12

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  3. DR
    Donald R. MacGorman

    NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory, United States

    8 publications · 684 citations

    8

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  4. CL
    Conrad L. Ziegler

    NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory, United States

    7 publications · 653 citations

    7

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  5. VK
    Vassiliki Kotroni

    National Observatory of Athens, Greece

    6 publications · 398 citations

    6

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Institutions

238

  1. NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory

    Norman, United States

    18 h-index

    61 publications

    4.4K citations

  2. University of Oklahoma

    Norman, United States

    15 h-index

    30 publications

    1.9K citations

  3. Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies

    Norman, United States

    15 h-index

    30 publications

    1.9K citations

  4. China Meteorological Administration

    Beijing, China

    9 h-index

    15 publications

    1K citations

  5. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    8 h-index

    25 publications

    1.5K citations

  6. Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences

    Beijing, China

    8 h-index

    23 publications

    835 citations

  7. NOAA National Weather Service

    Silver Spring, United States

    7 h-index

    14 publications

    482 citations

  8. Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology

    Nanjing, China

    7 h-index

    18 publications

    493 citations

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Venues

  1. Weather and Forecasting

    25 publications · 1.5K citations

    22

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  2. Monthly Weather Review

    21 publications · 1.5K citations

    20

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  3. Atmospheric Research

    19 publications · 847 citations

    17

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  4. Remote Sensing

    7 publications · 117 citations

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  5. Meteorological Applications

    6 publications · 211 citations

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