Multiple environmental influences on the lightning of cold-based continental cumulonimbus clouds. Part I: Description and validation of model

In this two-part paper, influences from environmental factors on lightning in a convective storm are assessed with a model. In Part I, an electrical component is described and applied in the Aerosol-Cloud model (AC). AC treats many types of secondary (e.g., breakup in ice-ice collisions, raindrop-freezing fragmentation, rime splintering) and primary (heterogeneous, homogeneous freezing) ice initiation. AC represents lightning flashes with a statistical treatment of branching from a fractal law constrained by video imagery.

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Author Phillips, V. T. J.
Formenton, M.
Kanawade, V. P.
Karlsson, L. R.
Patade, S.
Sun, J.
Barthe, C.
Pinty, J.
Detwiler, A. G.
Lyu, W.
Tessendorf, Sarah A.
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Publication Date 2020-12-01T00:00:00
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Suggested Citation Phillips, V. T. J., Formenton, M., Kanawade, V. P., Karlsson, L. R., Patade, S., Sun, J., Barthe, C., Pinty, J., Detwiler, A. G., Lyu, W., Tessendorf, Sarah A.. (2020). Multiple environmental influences on the lightning of cold-based continental cumulonimbus clouds. Part I: Description and validation of model. UCAR/NCAR - Library. https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7cc143q. Accessed 31 July 2025.

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