Cloud-to-ground lightning characteristics of warm season Mesoscale Convection Systems in the Central United States : 1992-1993 /
63.5 %) values showed relatively high variance from
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| Format: | Thesis eBook |
| Language: | English |
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| Online Access: | Link to OAKTrust copy |
| Summary: | 63.5 %) values showed relatively high variance from and 1993. Analysis of the CG lightning flashes and flash rate yielded a low level of statistical and median) positive peak current (V = 20.6 % and V = between the total number of flashes per storm system characteristics within MCSS. Specifically, the total currents were generally observed in the second half of discrepancy between the 67 storm systems. The (mean examination showed that the apparent differences flash multiplicity were examined. Also, by comparing flash rate (B 300 flashes/ltr more), while averaging ground (CG) lightning flashes within individual individual MCSS and that the maximum negative peak Mesoscale Convective Systems (MCSs) that occurred in multiplicity (V = 10.5 %), and (mean and median) nearly the same duration (12.0 hrs) as the storm negative peak current (V = 9.2 % and negative peak current within the majority of the number of bashes per storm system flash rate, of 1993 averaged a higher number of flashes per storm of the CG lightning characteristics showed that the percentage positive (V = 71.1 %), and flash rate (V = percentage positive, first stroke peak current, and positive multiplicity (V = 10.9 %), negative producing storm systems of 1993 were vastly different provided a climatology of the CG lightning significance (p = 0.46) due to the aforementioned high storm system to storm system. In contrast, the storm systems of 1993 were more electrically active system (2 5,000 flashes more) and a higher overall systems of 1992 (11.4 hrs). This comparison between than the preceding year. Results from the climatology than the storm systems of 1992. However, closer that the positive peak current was higher than the the Central United States during May-August of 1992 the life cycle of the storm systems. The storm systems the storm systems of 1992 vs.1993, it was determined the two years studied seemed to indicate that the This study provides a detailed analysis of cloud-to-aphics. total number of flashes per storm system (V = 74.4 %), V = 8.8 %) values did not exhibit as much of a variations in these CG characteristics. whether the CG lightning characteristics of the flood |
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| Item Description: | "Major subject: Meteorology". Vita. |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 132 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm. Also available online. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (leaves 128-131). |