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Bruning et al. 2024
Bruning, E.C., K.N. Brunner, , T. Logan, and T. Matsui, 2024: Lightning and radar measures of mixed phase updraft variability in tracked storms during the TRACER field campaign in Houston, Texas. Mon. Weather Rev., 152, no. 12, 2753-2769, doi:10.1175/MWR-D-24-0060.1.
Properties of 7488 thunderstorms are summarized for June-September 2022 during the TRACER field campaign Houston, Texas using polarimetric weather radar and VHF 3D lightning mapping array data. Automated tracking of storms linked each instrument's measurements to a data-defined, time-evolving storm footprint. Within each storm, the depth and magnitude of episodic columns of radar differential reflectivity and specific differential phase quantified the prevalence of updrafts that activated mixed-phase precipitation pathways. Lightning measurements further distinguished the degree of rimed precipitation formation: the fraction of tracks with lightning varied from day to day, and cells with lightning had stronger polarimetric columns. Track-level correlation of lightning flash rate with radar polarimetric measures had substantial spread, showing that lightning provides an additional signal of mixed-phase precipitation processes that can complement future studies of thermodynamic and aerosol controls on cloud microphysics in the Houston region.
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@article{br06400u,
author={Bruning, E. C. and Brunner, K. N. and van Lier-Walqui, M. and Logan, T. and Matsui, T.},
title={Lightning and radar measures of mixed phase updraft variability in tracked storms during the TRACER field campaign in Houston, Texas},
year={2024},
journal={Monthly Weather Review},
volume={152},
number={12},
pages={2753--2769},
doi={10.1175/MWR-D-24-0060.1},
}
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TY - JOUR ID - br06400u AU - Bruning, E. C. AU - Brunner, K. N. AU - van Lier-Walqui, M. AU - Logan, T. AU - Matsui, T. PY - 2024 TI - Lightning and radar measures of mixed phase updraft variability in tracked storms during the TRACER field campaign in Houston, Texas JA - Mon. Weather Rev. JO - Monthly Weather Review VL - 152 IS - 12 SP - 2753 EP - 2769 DO - 10.1175/MWR-D-24-0060.1 ER -
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