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DOI | 10.1029/2018JD029006 |
Variations of Thunderstorm Charge Structures in West Texas on 4 June 2012 | |
Chmielewski, Vanna C.; Bruning, Eric C.; Ancell, Brian C. | |
2018-09-16 | |
发表期刊 | JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES |
ISSN | 2169-897X |
EISSN | 2169-8996 |
出版年 | 2018 |
卷号 | 123期号:17页码:9502-9523 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | USA |
英文摘要 | This study documents an environment for which small changes therein significantly impacted electrification and for which current theories of electrification lacked the ability to discriminate storm polarity. Thirty single-cell and multicell storms from 1900 to 2200 UTC on 4 June 2012 over a 150- by 100-km West Texas region were examined. Some of these storms had anomalous charge structures (primarily positive charge in the midlevels at -10 degrees C to -30 degrees C or 6.3 to 8.8km above MSL locally) and some normal (primarily negative at midlevels), even though they existed concurrently and did not statistically differ in overall flash sizes, flash rates, radar volume, or echo top height. Overall, the normal storms ingested lower equivalent potential temperature surface air and were estimated to experience lower convective available potential energy than the anomalous storms, as observed in other studies. They were, however, estimated to have smaller warm cloud depth and surface dew point temperatures, contrary to expectations. Significant overlap between the storm environments suggested that lower instability may have contributed to some storms becoming normally electrified, but it was not a sufficient condition. Additionally, there had been previous convection in the region dominated by normal-polarity storms. A Weather Research and Forecasting ensemble suggested that the previous convection moistened the midlevels of the atmosphere near cloud base. We propose that future studies investigate dry-air entrainment as an additional, intertwined environmental factor that could decrease droplet sizes and effective warm rain processes, promoting positive graupel charging in the midlevels and anomalous charge structures. |
英文关键词 | thunderstorm electrification entrainment |
领域 | 气候变化 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000445617500033 |
WOS关键词 | GROUND LIGHTNING POLARITY ; DATA ASSIMILATION TECHNIQUE ; CONTIGUOUS UNITED-STATES ; ICE CRYSTAL INTERACTIONS ; ELECTRIC-FIELD ; MAPPING ARRAY ; RADAR OBSERVATIONS ; BULK MICROPHYSICS ; MULTICELL STORM ; CUMULUS CLOUDS |
WOS类目 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/32282 |
专题 | 气候变化 |
作者单位 | Texas Tech Univ, Dept Geosci, Lubbock, TX 79409 USA |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Chmielewski, Vanna C.,Bruning, Eric C.,Ancell, Brian C.. Variations of Thunderstorm Charge Structures in West Texas on 4 June 2012[J]. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES,2018,123(17):9502-9523. |
APA | Chmielewski, Vanna C.,Bruning, Eric C.,&Ancell, Brian C..(2018).Variations of Thunderstorm Charge Structures in West Texas on 4 June 2012.JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES,123(17),9502-9523. |
MLA | Chmielewski, Vanna C.,et al."Variations of Thunderstorm Charge Structures in West Texas on 4 June 2012".JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES 123.17(2018):9502-9523. |
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