What is it about?
Previous studies have suggested positive correlations between atmospheric aerosols and lightning. This study examines if the polar-orbiting satellite aerosol optical depth retrievals are useful in predicting enhanced lightning activity for the lightning-producing storms over northern Alabama.
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Why is it important?
The results of study show in what meteorological conditions aerosols are most useful in lightning predictions and the caveats, which are important for guiding the ways of incorporating aerosol observations into numerical predictions of storms and lightning.
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It is worthy of putting effort on improving the paper through the communications with colleagues, collaborators, and reviewers. The suggestions from others really help make the study better.
Tong Ren
Texas A&M University System
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This page is a summary of: Is the Awareness of the Aerosol State Useful in Predicting Enhanced Lightning for Lightning-Producing Storms over Northern Alabama?, Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, August 2018, American Meteorological Society,
DOI: 10.1175/jamc-d-17-0182.1.
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