Lightning observations from TRMM

Daniel J. Cecil; Steven J. Goodman; Dennis J. Boccippio; Edward J. Zipser; Stephen W. Nesbitt

Lightning observations from TRMM

Daniel J. Cecil, Steven J. Goodman, Dennis J. Boccippio, Edward J. Zipser, Stephen W. Nesbitt

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The measurements of nearly 6 million precipitation features observed during the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission's (TRMM's) first three years were examined. Most produced no lightning during the 80 s of observation by TRMM, but the most vigorous produced hundreds of flashes per minute. Storms were sorted by size, flash rate, rainfall, radar reflectivity, and microwave brightness temperature, with emphasis on the rarest events. It was found that there is considerable overlap between the greatest storms.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	322-323
Number of pages	2
Journal	Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume	86
Issue number	3
State	Published - Mar 2005
Externally published	Yes

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