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Lightning and Climate Change Study Guide

Dive into the relationship between lightning, climate change, global circuits, charge structures, thunderstorms, and more. Explore theories, mapping techniques, and detection methods. Class procedure includes presentations and discussions based on assigned papers.

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Lightning and Climate Change Study Guide

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  1. Topics • Lightning and Climate Change • lightning as a global thermometer • Brief E&M review (Gauss’s Law) • The DC global circuit, Carnegie curve, origin and behavior of the fair weather electric field • Thunderstorms • Charge structures • Charging theories, non-inductive (and inductive) • Involving mixed phase microphysics

  2. Continued… • Lightning mapping and detection • Northeast Colorado Lightning Mapping Array • Geostationary Lightning Mapper; LIS on ISS • Transient Luminous Events • Sprites, elves, jets • The CAPE vs. aerosol debate for convective invigoration and lightning production • Lightning in tropical Lightning detection by radar

  3. Continued… • Lightning and severe storms; lightning jump algorithm • Lightning in relation to rainfall and other storm properties. Combining lightning and IR to improve convective rainfall estimation via geostationary satellite • We will use some of the recent AGU Franklin lectures to motivate some of our discussion section (Earle Williams; Lightning and Climate and Davis Sentmann; Transient Luminous Events)

  4. Class procedure • Each student will give several in class presentations (review assigned papers). • We will follow a particular theme for 2-3 class periods • Grading based on in class presentations, participation in discussion and a final paper • Final paper—topic of your choice that was covered in class

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