Applications of a Lightning Proxy to Generate Synthetic Lightning for Use in Physics-Based Image-Chain Models

Abstract

A method of generating synthetic lightning through the use of a convective available potential energy (CAPE) times precipitation rate (P) proxy (CP) is applied over three distinct climatological zones of the world for a single warm season: central and southern Arizona of the United States, central Cuba, and North Korea. Global Forecast System (GFS) 0.25 by 0.25 forecast data for June, July, and August of 2019 is used to provide 6-hourly CAPE and precipitation rate, while Global Lightning Dataset (GLD360) data for the period 2016 to 2020 is used to provide observed lightning strokes. A proxy is then used to forecast lightning at monthly and seasonal timescales and compared to observed lightning stroke densities.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 10, 2022
Accession Number
AD1167010

Entities

People

  • Bryan G. Castro

Organizations

  • Air Force Institute of Technology

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Satellites
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Climate Change
  • Climatology
  • Continents
  • Convection
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Energy
  • Engineering
  • Geography
  • Korea
  • Lightning
  • Materials
  • Meteorology
  • North Korea
  • Potential Energy
  • Precipitation
  • Sea Breeze
  • Students
  • Terrain
  • Topography
  • United States
  • Weather Forecasting

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers