ILMC 2006

Nowcasting with LF Lightning Data
Broad scale real time flash density maps - lightning risk indicators for the general public (3620 KB)
The electrical and meteorological conditions of thunderstorms in Sao Paulo's urban areas, Brazil (243 KB)
Empirical forecasting of lightning cessation at the Kennedy Space Center (491 KB)
Nowcasting with Total Lightning Data
Improved timelines of thunderstorm detection from mapping a larger fraction of lightning flashes (4679 KB)
Using LDAR II total lightning data in an operational setting: Experiences at WFO Fort Worth, TX (4202 KB)
The utility of total lightning in convective nowcasting (370 KB)
Houston LDAR II network: Operation, performance and initial results (502 KB)
Study of thunderstorm characteristic with SAFIR lightning and electric field meter observations in Beijing areas (1235 KB)
Some experiences on joint analyses of weather radar and lightning location data in Hungary (930 KB)
When flash algorithms go bad (231 KB)
Winter Lightning
Correlating NLDN flash data to heavy snow (316 KB)
Lightning data uses in nowcasting convective snow events (383 KB)
Characteristics of tower lightning flashes in a winter thunderstorm and related meterological observations (412 KB)
Lightning activity along the coastline of the Sea of Japan observed by JLDN (153 KB)
Tropical Lightning
Dry to wet season changes in the lightning activity in the north region of Brazil (210 KB)
Long range lightning nowcasting applications for tropical cyclones (238 KB)
Climatology
The ratio of cloud flashes to cloud-to-ground flashes in summer seasons for Poland territory on the basis of data from PERUN system (1941 KB)
Characterizing intense convection using conventional and advanced lightning metrics, including charge moment change (3356 KB)
Lightning Forecasting
Advances in the prediction of cloud-to-ground events at the Storm Prediction Center (755 KB)
An algorithm to forecast lightning using only AFWA MM5 model output: "Bolt of Lightning Technique" (BOLT) (264 KB)
Can high resolution WRF simulations be used for short-term forecasting of lightning? (118 KB)
Lightning probability forecasts at Kennedy Space Center/Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida (528 KB)
Lightning studies at Florida State University (698 KB)
Meteorological Case Studies
Total lightning activity and electrostatic field in a hail-bearing thunderstorm in Catalonia (300 KB)
Investigation of relationship between lightningstorm characteristics in St. Petersburg area (162 KB)
Total lightning characteristics of ordinary convection (490 KB)
Assimilation
A lightning data assimilation technique for mesoscale forecast models (4400 KB)
Assimilation of lightning data into RUC model forecasting (380 KB)
Comparison of two methods for assimilation of lightning data into NWP models (3759 KB)