Abstract: The character of cloud-to-ground lightning is examined during the life cycle of a distinct mesoscale segment of the 10?11 June 1985 mesoscale convective system (MCS). Three phases of lightning activity are identified and ...

Abstract: The physical and radiative properties of a composite ship track are described from the analysis of 131 ship?ship track correlation pairs collected during the Monterey Area Ship Track experiment. The significant variability ...

Abstract: Anomalously high reflectivity tracks in stratus and stratocumulus sheets associated with ships (known as ship tracks) are commonly seen in visible and near-infrared satellite imagery. Until now there have been only a limited ...