Maximum hurricane intensity preceded by increase in lightning frequency

Price, Colin; Asfur, Mustafa; Yair, Yoav

doi:10.1038/ngeo477

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“…The findings of Price et al (2009) are similarly seen in studies from Abarca et al (2011), Bovalo et al (2014, and Zhang et al (2015). Abarca et al (2011) used WWLLN data to look at 24 TCs in the Atlantic Basin, and found that intensifying TCs had up to twice as many lightning flashes in the inner core as TCs that did not intensify.…”

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Enveloped Eyewall Lightning: The EEL Signature in Tropical Cyclones

Vagasky¹

2017

J. Operational Meteor.

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“…Early notification of TC intensification can help forecasters issue better warnings for areas susceptible to damage (Price et al 2009). Their paper reviewed 58 TCs around the world between 2005 and 2007 that reached maximum winds of 58.1 m s -1 (113 kt) or greater, and lightning in a 10°x10° box surrounding the system.…”

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Enveloped Eyewall Lightning: The EEL Signature in Tropical Cyclones

Vagasky¹

2017

J. Operational Meteor.

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“…More than 9 of these depressions reach the stage of moderate tropical storms (TSs), of which half become TCs (Caroff et al, 2008). As highlighted by more and more studies, tropical cyclones exhibit specific lightning activity (Black and Hallet, 1999;Squires and Businger, 2008;Price et al, 2009;Abarca et al, 2010;Fierro et al, 2011;DeMaria et al, 2012, among others). Here, we focus on the impact of the tropical storms on the lightning climatology of the SWIO, and we try to quantify the proportion of lightning associated with TSs and TCs.…”

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“…Indeed, as suggested by Zhang (1993), deep convection develops above warm water with sea surface temperature > 26 • C. The WWLLN data are then well suited to study lightning activity over the open ocean. In particular, several studies by Price et al (2009), Thomas et al (2010) and Abarca et al (2011) investigated the relationships between lightning activity and tropical cyclone (TC) intensity for systems near land and in the open ocean using WWLLN data.…”

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A lightning climatology of the South-West Indian Ocean

Bovalo

Barthe

Bègue

2012

Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci.

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The SWIO is characterized by a wet season (November to April) and a dry season (May to October). As one could expect, lightning activity is more intense during the wet season as the Inter Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ) is present over all the basin. Flash density is higher over land in November-December-January with values reaching 3-4 fl km −2 yr −1 over Madagascar. During the dry season, lightning activity is quite rare between 10 • S and 25 • S. The Mascarene anticyclone has more influence on the SWIO resulting in shallower convection. Lightning activity is concentrated over ocean, east of South Africa and Madagascar.A statistical analysis has shown that El Niño-Southern Oscillation mainly modulates the lightning activity up to 56.8 % in the SWIO. The Indian Ocean Dipole has a significant contribution since ∼ 49 % of the variability is explained by this forcing in some regions. The Madden-Julian Oscillation did not show significative impact on the lightning activity in our study.

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Lightning activity within tropical cyclones in the South West Indian Ocean

Bovalo

Barthe

Yang

et al. 2014

J. Geophys. Res. Atmos.

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Lightning activity within 70 tropical cyclones in the South West Indian Ocean is studied using a large data set (2005)(2006)(2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012)(2013) provided by the World Wide Lightning Location Network (WWLLN). The radial and azimuthal distributions of lightning flashes are analyzed in three different regions of the basin: the open ocean, the Mozambique Channel, and the oceanic region up to 400 km off the eastern coast of Madagascar (ECM). Over the open ocean, lightning activity detected by the WWLLN is mainly found in the eyewall and decreases outward, regardless of storm intensity. Lightning activity in the eyewall of tropical cyclones is higher than in the eyewall of tropical storms. The front and the right quadrants (225 • to 45 • ) relative to the storm motion are the regions where lightning flashes are preferentially detected. Near the ECM, lightning density in the eyewall, the inner rainbands, and the outer rainbands is quite similar, presumably owing to the proximity of land. When the system reaches tropical cyclone strength, lightning activity is mainly found in the left and rear quadrants relative to storm motion. In the Mozambique Channel, the radial and azimuthal distributions of lightning flashes are complex due to the geographical configuration of this subdomain. The relationships between lightning activity and intensity change have also been investigated for systems over the open ocean. The proportion of periods with lightning activity is higher during rapid intensity changes of tropical cyclones. During tropical storm stage, lightning activity in the outer rainbands starts increasing 18 h before a rapid intensification period.

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Maximum hurricane intensity preceded by increase in lightning frequency

Cited by 112 publications

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Enveloped Eyewall Lightning: The EEL Signature in Tropical Cyclones

Enveloped Eyewall Lightning: The EEL Signature in Tropical Cyclones

A lightning climatology of the South-West Indian Ocean

Lightning activity within tropical cyclones in the South West Indian Ocean

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