| contributor author | Goodman, Steven J. | |
| contributor author | Buechler, Dennis E. | |
| contributor author | Meyer, Paul J. | |
| date accessioned | 2017-06-09T14:41:19Z | |
| date available | 2017-06-09T14:41:19Z | |
| date copyright | 1988/09/01 | |
| date issued | 1988 | |
| identifier issn | 0882-8156 | |
| identifier other | ams-2450.pdf | |
| identifier uri | http://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4161179 | |
| description abstract | A technique is presented for generating convective tendency products by combining satellite images with observations of cloud-to-ground lightning activity. Rapid scan (5-min) infrared satellite images are used to define the areal distribution of convection. Lightning flash rate trends provide diagnostic and predictive information pertaining to the growth and decay of the thunderstorms. A single derived product from these data can show the location of the lightning activity and convective cores, the spatial distribution of convective rainfall, the remaining cloudy and statiform rain areas, and the growing and decaying storms. Examples are given to illustrate how the flash rate trend may produce a much different and more useful portrayal of storm evolution than the time rate-of-change change of cloud-top blackbody temperatures. This difference can be exacerbated in mesoscale convective weather systems where the cirrus debris can mask the life history of the embedded convective elements. | |
| publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
| title | Convective Tendency Images Derived from a Combination of Lightning and Satellite Data | |
| type | Journal Paper | |
| journal volume | 3 | |
| journal issue | 3 | |
| journal title | Weather and Forecasting | |
| identifier doi | 10.1175/1520-0434(1988)003<0173:CTIDFA>2.0.CO;2 | |
| journal fristpage | 173 | |
| journal lastpage | 188 | |
| tree | Weather and Forecasting:;1988:;volume( 003 ):;issue: 003 | |
| contenttype | Fulltext | |