A study of lightning activity over the warm pool western Pacific Ocean (TOGA-COARE region) for 1993 /
(DF's) at the Kapingamarangi Atoll, Rabaul, and Kavieng
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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1995.
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | (DF's) at the Kapingamarangi Atoll, Rabaul, and Kavieng (e.g., percentage of positive lightning and positive and activity over the TOGA-COARE region is dramatically different analyzing some of the more typical lightning parameters and the MJO reveals a subtle link which is best seen during appraise any possible link between lightning activity and the appropriately constructed band-pass filter. The results show been noted by various researchers that the vast oceanic between convective available potential energy (CAPE), wet- bulb potential temperature, and flash rates are examined. convection, and vigorous lightning activity. However, it has deployed to the Tropical Ocean Global Atmosphere Coupled equatorial tropics characterized by strong and frequent exceeding 10. Figures on the percentage of positive expanses experience less lightning activity than adjacent filter to study the possible link between lightning activity Finally, the lightning data are run through time series flash rate was not observed to be as well defined as from that of a typical United States locale with a pronounced herein presents a look at the characteristics of lightning as in average values. Also, diurnal variation of lightning into "land" and ocean" sectors in an effort to assess each land masses by as much as one order of magnitude. A report lightning and positive/negative multiplicities agree well lightning data recorded by each DF are azimuthally separated local standard time (LST). The relationship between CAPE and Madden-Julian Oscillation (MJO) through the use of an maximum in activity that occurs between roughly 2000 and 0500 methods in an attempt to both better describe the data and to negative multiplicities), the thermodynamic relationships Ocean-Atmosphere Response Experiment (TOGA-COARE). The previously suggested, pointing to possible limitations in the recorded by three individual magnetic direction finders regimes similarities and differences. In addition to that lightning activity in this region is remarkably biased the Northern Hemisphere winter and spring months. The warm pool western Pacific Ocean is an area of the theory pitfalls. Finally, the construction of a band-pass thermodynamic data, CAPE computation procedures and to parcel towards land masses with land/ocean lightning ratios often with results from United States studies in pattern though not |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Meteorology". In title, numerals are used. Vita. |
| Physical Description: | xi, 97 leaves : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm. Also available online. Issued also on microfiche from Lange Micrographics. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |