Primary Convener:
Kelcy Brunner, Texas Tech University

Convener:
Sarah Stough, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, The University of Oklahoma
Sarah Bang, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Timothy Lang, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

Early Career Convener:
Sarah Stough, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, The University of Oklahoma

Chair:
Kelcy Brunner, Texas Tech University
Sarah Stough, Cooperative Institute for Severe and High-Impact Weather Research and Operations, The University of Oklahoma

Thunderstorm electrification and lightning have intrinsic ties to the microphysics, kinematics, and thermodynamics of deep convection. These relationships motivate the use of lightning data to inform about convective properties and can be extended to address complex interrelationships between lightning and essential climate variables, including temperature, clouds, precipitation, NOx, and aerosols (https://public.wmo.int/en/programmes/global-climate-observing-system/essential-climate-variables). Multi-instrument observations from ground and space (low Earth orbit and geostationary) have driven a rich research history in lightning meteorology, while new and emerging remote-sensing techniques promise to extend observations throughout the globe. This session invites discussions on advancements in lightning meteorology that address fundamental relationships between ground-, air-, and space-based lightning observations and thunderstorm microphysics, kinematics, and dynamics on local and global scales. Abstracts that address lightning-convection relationships; explore remote sensing measurements, techniques, or detection algorithms; or discuss applications of theoretical or simulated meteorological and/or electrical properties are also encouraged.

Index Terms
3304 Atmospheric electricity
3324 Lightning
3329 Mesoscale meteorology
3360 Remote sensing

Cross-Listed:
NH - Natural Hazards
A - Atmospheric Sciences

Neighborhoods:
4. Beyond Earth
3. Earth Covering

Co-Organized Sessions:
Atmospheric Sciences