A radar study of the interaction between lightning and precipitation

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:7001096

Holden, D N; Ulbrich, C W

A radar study was made of the interaction between lightning and precipitation with the 430 MHz Doppler radar at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico. On one occasion, the spectral power at Doppler velocities near that corresponding to the updraft increased substantially within a fraction of a second after a discharge was detected in the beam. Calculations were made to simulate the effect of an electric field change on mean Doppler velocity for a distribution of droplets in a thunderstorm. 13 refs., 4 figs.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); Clemson Univ., SC (USA). Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-48
• OSTI ID: 7001096
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-88-1328; CONF-8806113-1; ON: DE88009120
• Resource Relation: Conference: 8. international conference on atmospheric electricity, Uppsala, Sweden, 13 Jun 1988
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
MODIFICATIONS
LIGHTNING
AIR FLOW
ATMOSPHERIC CIRCULATION
CONVECTION
DOPPLER EFFECT
EVALUATION
MHZ RANGE 100-1000
RADAR
WIND
ELECTRIC DISCHARGES
ENERGY TRANSFER
FLUID FLOW
FREQUENCY RANGE
GAS FLOW
HEAT TRANSFER
MASS TRANSFER
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MHZ RANGE
RANGE FINDERS
500100* - Environment
Atmospheric- Basic Studies- (-1989)