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ICAE Fall 2003 News Letter

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

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Altaratz, Orit, Zev Levin, Yoav Yair and, and Baruch Ziv, 2003, Lightning Activity over Land and Sea on the Eastern Coast of the Mediterranean, Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 131, 9, 2060-2070.

Atlas, David; Williams, Christopher R., 2003, Radar echoes from lightning and their microphysical environment, Geophys. Res. Lett. Vol. 30 No. 5, 10.1029/2002GL016521.

Bermudez, J. L.; Rubinstein, M.; Rachidi, F.; Heidler, F.; Paolone, M., 2003, Determination of reflection coefficients at the top and bottom of elevated strike objects struck by lightning, J. Geophys. Res.Vol. 108, No. D14, 4413, 10.1029/2002JD002973.

Carey, Lawrence D., and Rutledge, Steven A., 2003, Characteristics of cloud-to-ground lightning in severe and nonsevere storms over the central United States from 1989-1998, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 108, No. D15, 4483, 10.1029/2002JD002951.

Carey, Lawrence D., Steven A. Rutledge, and Walter A. Petersen, 2003, The Relationship between Severe Storm Reports and Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Polarity in the Contiguous United States from 1989 to 1998. Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 131, 7, 1211-1228.

Chen, Mingli; Watanabe, Teiji; Takagi, Nobuyuki; Du, Yaping; Wang, Daohong; Liu, Xinsheng, 2003, Simultaneous observations of optical and electrical signals in altitude-triggered negative lightning flashes, J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 108 No. D8, 10.1029/2002JD002676.

Coleman, L. M.; Marshall, T. C.; Stolzenburg, M.; Hamlin, T.; Krehbiel, P. R.; Rison, W.; Thomas, R. J., 2003, Effects of charge and electrostatic potential on lightning propagation, J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 108, No. D9, 10.1029/2002JD002718.

Coquillat, Sylvain; Combal, Bruno; Chauzy, Serge; 2003, Corona emission from raindrops in strong electric fields as a possible discharge initiation: Comparison between horizontal and vertical field configurations, J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 108 No. D7, 10.1029/2002JD002714.

Dwyer, J. R., 2003, A fundamental limit on electric fields in air, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 30, No. 20, 2055, 10.1029/2003GL017781.

Dwyer, J.R., M.A. Uman, H.K. Rassoul, M. Al-Dayeh, E.L. Caraway, J. Jerauld, V.A. Rakov, D.M. Jordan, K.J. Rambo, V. Corbin, and B. Wright, 2003, "Energetic Radiation Produced by Rocket-Triggered Lightning", Science, 299, 694-697.

Harrison R.G., 2003, Twentieth century atmospheric electrical measurements at the observatories of Kew, Eskdalemuir and Lerwick Weather 58, pp11-19.

Harrison R.G. and Carslaw K.S., 2003, Ion-aerosol-cloud processes in the lower atmosphere
Reviews of Geophysics 41 (3), 1012, 10.1029/2002RG000114.

Horrak, Urmas; Salm, Jaan; Tammet, Hannes, 2003, Diurnal variation in the concentration of air ions of different mobility classes in a rural area, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 108, No. D20, 4653, 10.1029/2002JD003240.

Jacobson, Abram R., 2003, Relationship of intracloud lightning radiofrequency power to lightning storm height, as observed by the FORTE satellite, J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 108 No. D7, 10.1029/2002JD002956.

Jacobson, Abram R.; Light, Tracy E. L., 2003, Bimodal radio frequency pulse distribution of intracloud-lightning signals recorded by the FORTE satellite, J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 108, No. D9,
10.1029/2002JD002613.

Kandalgaonkar, S. S.; Tinmaker, M. I. R.; Kulkarni, J. R.; Nath, Asha, 2003, Diurnal variation of lightning activity over the Indian region, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 30, No. 20, 2022, 10.1029/2003GL018005.

Kar, S. K. and Kyung-Ja Ha, 2003, Characteristic Differences of Rainfall and Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Activity over South Korea during the Summer Monsoon Season, Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 131, 10, 2312-2323.

Kempf, Nicole M. and E. Philip Krider, 2003, Cloud-to-Ground Lightning and Surface Rainfall during the Great Flood of 1993, Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 131, 6, 1140-1149.

Kordi, , B., R. Moini, W. Janischewskyj, A.M. Hussein, V. Shostak, and V.A. Rakov, 2003, Application of the Antenna Theory Model to a Tall Tower Struck by Lightning", J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 108, No. D17, 4542, doi: 10.1029/2003JD003398.

Lyons, Walter A., Thomas E. Nelson, Earle R. Williams, Steven A. Cummer, and Mark A. Stanley, 2003, Characteristics of Sprite-Producing Positive Cloud-to-Ground Lightning during the 19 July 2000 STEPS Mesoscale Convective Systems, Monthly Weather Review, Vol. 131, 10, 2417-2427.

Märcz F. and Harrison R.G., 2003, Long-term changes in atmospheric electrical parameters observed at Nagycenk (Hungary) and the UK Observatories at Eskdalemuir and Kew Annales Geophysicae 21, 2193-2200.

Mata, C.T., V.A. Rakov, K.J. Rambo, P.Diaz, R.Rey, and M.A.Uman, 2003, "Measurement of the Division of Lightning Return Stroke Current Among the Multiple Arresters and Grounds of a Power Distribution Line", IEEE Trans. on Power Delivery, Vol. 18, No. 4, 1203-1208.
Mazur, Vladislav; Ruhnke, Lothar H., 2003, Determining the striking distance of lightning through its relationship to leader potential, J. Geophys. Res.Vol. 108, No. D14, 4409, 10.1029/2002JD003047.

Naccarato, K.P., Pinto JR., O., Pinto, I.R.C.A. , 2003, Evidence of thermal and aerosol effects on the cloud-to-ground lightning density and polarity over large urban areas of Southeastern Brazil, Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(13): 1674-1677.

Neubert, T., 2003, On sprites and their exotic kin, Science, 300, 2 May, 747.

Pinto JR., O., Guedes, D., Saba, M.M.F., Pinto, I.R.C.A. , 2003, "About the direction of motion, polarity and multiplicity of lightning flashes in towers: a comparative analysis of data in Brazil and in Switzerland", Ann. Geophys., 21: 1-5.

Pinto JR. O., Faria, H.H., Pinto, I.R.C.A. , 2003, "A Comparative Analysis of Lightning Data from Lightning Networks and LIS Sensor in the North and Southeast of Brazil", Geophys. Res. Lett., 30(2): 1029-1032.

Pinto, I.R.C.A., Pinto JR. O. , 2003, "Cloud-to-ground lightning distribution in Brazil", J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Physics, 65(6): 733-737.

Pinto JR., O., Pinto, I.R.C.A., Diniz, J.H., Filho, A. C., Carvalho, A.M., Chechiglia, L.C.L., 2003, "A long-term study of the lightning flash characteristics in the southeastern Brazil", J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Physics, 65(6): 739-748.

Pinto, I.R.C.A., Pinto JR., O., Gomes, M.A.S.S., Ferreira, N.J. , 2003, Urban effect on the characteristics of cloud-to-ground lightning over Belo Horizonte - Brazil, Ann. Geophysicae, no prelo.

Qie X., Toumi R., Yuan T. , 2003, Lightning activities on the Tibetan Plateau as observed by the lightning imaging sensor, J Geophys Res, 108(D17): 455,10.1029/2002JD003304.

Qie X., Ralf Toumi, Yunjun Zhou, 2003, Lightning activity on the central Tibetan Plateau and its response to convective available potential energy, Chinese Sci Bull, 48(4):296-299.

Rakov, V.A., 2003, "A Review of the Interaction of Lightning with Tall Objects", Recent Res. Devel. Geophysics, 5, pp. 57-71, Research Signpost, India.

Rakov, V. A, 2003, "A Review of Positive and Bipolar Lightning Discharges", Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc., June 2003, 767-775.

Rakov, V.A., and G.R. Huffines, 2003, "Return-Stroke Multiplicity of Negative Lightning flashes", J. Appl. Meteor., Vol. 42, No. 10, pp. 1455-1462.

Rakov, V.A., and W.G. Tuni, 2003, "Lightning Electric Field Intensity at High Altitudes: Inferences for Production of Elves", J. Geophys. Res., 108(D20), 4639, doi: 10.1029/2003JD003618.

Rakov, V.A., R. Thottappillil, and J. Schoene, 2003, "Comments on "On the Concepts Used in Return Stroke Models Applied in Engineering Practice" (Cooray, 2003)", IEEE Trans. on EMC, vol. 45, No. 3, p. 567.

São Sabbas, F. T.; Sentman, D. D., 2003, Dynamical relationship of infrared cloudtop temperatures with occurrence rates of cloud-to-ground lightning and sprites, Geophys. Res. Lett. Vol. 30 No. 5, 10.1029/2002GL015382.

São Sabbas, F. T.; Sentman, D. D., 2003, Correction to Dynamical relationship of infrared cloudtop temperatures with occurrence rates of cloud-to-ground lightning and sprites, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 30, No. 13, 1693, 10.1029/2003GL017799.

São Sabbas, F.T., Sentman, D.D., Wescott, E.M., Pintop JR., O. , Mendes, O., Taylor, M. J., 2003, "Statistical Analysis of Space-Time Relationships Between Sprites and Lightning", J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Physics , 65(5): 525-536.

Schoene, J., M.A. Uman, V.A. Rakov, V. Kodali, K.J. Rambo, G.H. Schnetzer, 2003, "Statistical Characteristics of the Electric and Magnetic Fields and Their Time Derivatives 15 m and 30 m from Triggered Lightning", J. Geophys, Res, Vol. 108, No. D6, 4192, doi:10.1029/2002JD002698.

Seity, Y., S. Soula, P. Tabary and G. Scialom, 2003, The convective storm system during IOP 2a : Cloud-to-Ground lightning flash production in relation with dynamics and microphysics, Q. J. R. Meteorol. Soc, 129, Part B (MAP) No. 588, 523-542.

Skamarock, W. C.; Dye, J. E.; Defer, E.; Barth, M. C.; Stith, J. L.; Ridley, B.A.; Baumann, K., 2003, Observational- and modeling-based budget of lightning-produced NOx in a continental thunderstorm, J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 108, No. D10, 10.1029/2002JD002163.

Smiley, B.; Robertson, S.; Horányi, M.; Blix, T.; Rapp, M.; Latteck, R.; Gumbel, J., 2003, Measurement of positively and negatively charged particles inside PMSE during MIDAS SOLSTICE 2001, J. Geophys. Res. Vol. 108 No. D8, 10.1029/2002JD002425.

Soula, S.; Chauzy, S.; Chong, M.; Coquillat, S.; Georgis, J. F.; Seity, Y.; and Tabary, P., 2003, Surface precipitation electric current produced by convective rains during the Mesoscale Alpine Program, J. Geophys. Res.Vol. 108, No. D13, 4395, 10.1029/2001JD001588.

Steiger, Scott M.; Orville, Richard E., 2003, Cloud-to-ground lightning enhancement over Southern Louisiana, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 30, No. 19, 1975 10.1029/2003GL017923.

Uman, M.A. and V.A. Rakov, 2003, "A Review of the Interaction of Lightning with Airborne Vehicles", Progress in Aerospace Sciences, 39, 61-81.

Underwood, S. Jeffrey; Schultz, Michael D., 2003, Cloud-to-ground lightning flashes and debris-flow-generating rainfall in the post wildfire environment: An exploratory study of the Mitchell Creek debris flow in western Colorado, summer 2002, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 108, No. D18, 4567, 10.1029/2003JD003636.

Warner, Tom A.; Helsdon, John H., Jr.; Detwiler, Andrew G., 2003, Aircraft observations of a lightning channel in STEPS, Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol. 30, No. 19, 1984, 10.1029/2003GL017334.

Zhang, Xingjun; Helsdon, John H., Jr.; Farley, Richard D., 2003, Numerical modeling of lightning-produced NOx using an explicit lightning scheme: 1. Two-dimensional simulation as a proof of concept, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 108, No. D18, 4579, 10.1029/2002JD003224.

Zhang, Xingjun; Helsdon, John H., Jr.; Farley, Richard D., 2003, Numerical modeling of lightning-produced NOx using an explicit lightning scheme: 2. Three-dimensional simulation and expanded chemistry, J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 108, No. D18, 4580, 10.1029/2002JD003225.

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