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The use of Doppler radar to predict cloud-to-ground lightning
(Texas A&M University, 1995)
If the National Weather Service could forecast the occurrences of cloud-toground lightning strikes, it would benefit the authorities that are served by the WSR-88Ds. In this thesis I will examine the WSR-88D level 11 archive ...
A classification of Texas thunderstorms according to their cloud-to-ground lightning characteristics during spring 1993
(Texas A&M University, 1995)
The National Lightning Detection Network detected more than 800 000 cloud-to-ground lightning flashes from 119 storm systems which affected Texas during April-June 1993. This study attempted to characterize these flashes ...
Aerosol analysis with the Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS): the Australasian region
(Texas A&M University, 1995)
The Channel 4 data from the Coastal Zone Color Scanner (CZCS), a space-borne radiometer, was analyzed to infer aerosol distributions in the Australasian region for 1979. Monthly, seasonal, and annual composites of the ...
Cloud-to-ground lightning-precipitation relationships in the South Central United States
(Texas A&M University, 1995)
Despite the general coexistence of cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning and precipitation, there have been few studies on the nature of the relationship between these two phenomena. This study endeavors to explore this relationship, ...
A monthly climatological study of cloud-to-ground lightning characteristics throughout the contiguous United States: 1989-1994
(Texas A&M University, 1995)
The National Lightning Detection Network (NLDN) has been in operation since 1989. The NLDN is currently composed of a mixture of magnetic direction finders (DFs) and time-of-arrival (TOA) sensors which locate cloud-to-ground ...
Temporal and spatial variability of surface temperature over Texas
(Texas A&M University, 1995)
Surface temperature is one of the most fundamental aspects of the climate system, and its study has been the focus of extensive research in the field of climatology for years. Examination of its temporal and spatial ...
A study of lightning activity over the warm pool western Pacific Ocean (TOGA-COARE region) for 1993
(Texas A&M University, 1995)
The warm pool western Pacific Ocean is an area of the equatorial tropics characterized by strong and frequent convection, and vigorous lightning activity. However, it has been noted by various researchers that the vast ...
Radar, satellite, and lightning characteristics of select mesoscale convective systems in Texas
(Texas A&M University, 1995)
This study compares radar data from the League City, Texas WSR-88D and cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning data for a set of eight mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) which occur at various stages of development along the upper ...
Refinement of a semi-empirical model for the microwave emissivity of the sea surface as a function of wind speed
(Texas A&M University, 1995)
In 1979, Wilheit introduced a sea surface emissivity model for microwave frequencies. This model is used in a radiative transfer model (RTM) to obtain simulated brightness temperatures for various atmospheric conditions. ...
The convective structures associated with cloud-to-ground lightning in TOGA COARE Mesoscale Convective Systems
(Texas A&M University, 1995)
The TOGA COARE experiment was carried out in the western Pacific warm pool region from November 1992 through February 1993. Data from TOGA COARE provide the opportunity for comprehensive studies of tropical oceanic convection. ...