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Crawford, Goodman
Welcome and Opening Remarks
SESSION 1: TOTAL LIGHTNING NETWORK STATUS REPORTS
Session Chair: Dennis Buechler (UAH)
LMA
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Rison, Krehbiel, Thomas, Aulich, Edens
Lightning Mapping Arrays: Technical status and developments
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Bruning, Goodman, Blakeslee, Zubrick, Krehbiel
Status and Use of the DC Lightning Mapping Array
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MacGorman
The Oklahoma Lightning Mapping Array: Present Status and Short-term Plans
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Startz
The 3-Dimensional Lightning Array at White Sands Missile Range
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Blakeslee, Christian, Bailey, Buechler, Hall, McCaul, Stano
Description and Status of the North Alabama Lightning Mapping Array
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Trostel
A Lightning Mapping Array for Northern Georgia: Future Plans and Current Status
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Holle, Hembury, Demetriades
Overview of the current status and future plans for the Vaisala Tucson and Dallas-Fort Worth VHF total lightning mapping networks
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McKinney
An update on the Houston area LDAR network
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Roeder
Lightning Detection Systems Used For America’s Space Program In Florida
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Holden
The LANL Dual-Band VLF/VHF Lightning Mapping Array
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Heckman
WeatherBug Total Lightning Network
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Goodman
The Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) for GOES-R: Overview and Status
SESSION 2: OPERATIONAL ASPECTS OF TOTAL LIGHTNING MEASUREMENTS
Session Chair: Phillip Bothwell (NWS / SPC)
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Nadler, Darden, Burks, Stano, Buechler
An Operational Perspective of Total Lightning at WFO Huntsville
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Zubrick
Operational Use of the DC Lightning Mapping Array at the NWS Weather Forecast Office, Sterling, VA
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Oram
Total Lightning Detection Systems in Use at the NWS Spaceflight Meteorology Group for Space Flight Operations and Local Watches/Warnings
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Volkmer, Reinhart, Spratt, Sharp
The Use of Total Lightning Information during Experimental Incident Support Operations (NWS Melbourne, Fla)
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McNamara
Four Dimensional Lightning Surveillance System’s Application in Space Launch Weather Support
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Patrick
Assessing Lightning Threat Using Vaisala VHF Total Lightning Mapping Network Data (DFW)
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Deierling, Kessinger, Nelson
Predicting lightning potential on different time scales—a conceptual model and first results (for White Sands)
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Holden
Observations of lightning activity during the rapid intensification of Hurricanes Rita and Katrina from LANL's lightning sensing network
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Kuhlman, Smith, Bruning, Stano, Manross, Stumpf
Results from the 2009 Experimental Warning Program: Forecaster Use and Evaluation of Total Lightning Data
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Siewert, Schneider, Bruning, Schaefer
Activities within the NESDIS supported SPC GOES-R Proving Ground in preparation for use of Geostationary Lightning Mapper data in forecast operations
SESSION 3: TOTAL LIGHTNING RESEARCH, APPLICATIONS, AND ISSUES
Session Chair: John Trostel (GTRI)
Topic 1: Display and Visualization of Total Lightning Data in Operations
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Rudlosky, Fuelberg
Investigating Total Lightning Using the Warning Decision Support System – Integrated Information Software
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Lakshmanan, Kuhlman, Smith
Identifying and Tracking Cells on Total Lightning Derived Grids
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Kuhlman, Lakshmanan, Smith, MacGorman
Evaluation of Cell Tracking and Trends Derived from Total Lightning Products
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Stano, Ba, Darden, Burks
Visualization of Operational Total Lightning Data
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Anderson, Fuelberg
Developing a Forecasting Scheme for Lightning Cessation at the Kennedy Space Center
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Bothwell
Prediction of CG Lightning, Intense CG lightning and Possibilities for Total Lightning Prediction
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Oram
Total Lightning Data and The Lightning Watch and Warning Program for NASA’s Johnson Space Center
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Buechler, Boldi, Blakeslee, Stano
The North Alabama Lightning Warning Product
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McCaul, Goodman, LaCasse, Cecil
Forecasting lightning threat using cloud-resolving model simulations
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Andra
A Multi-sensor Perspective of the Tornadic Storms of February 10, 2009
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McKinney, Carey, Patrick, Orville
Total Lightning Observations of Supercells over North Central Texas
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Schultz, Petersen, Carey
Preliminary Development and Evaluation of Lightning Jump Algorithms for the Real-Time Detection of Severe Weather
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Krehbiel, Rison, Thomas, Edens
Storm electrical structures and characteristics as indicated by VHF total lightning measurements
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MacGorman, Kuhlman, Krehbiel, Biggerstaff
Small, Continual Lightning Activity in the Overshooting Turret of Supercell Storms
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DeMaria
Improving Tropical Cyclone Intensity Forecasts Using Lightning Observations
SESSION 3: TOTAL LIGHTNING RESEARCH, APPLICATIONS, AND ISSUES (continued)
Session Chair: Scott Rudlosky (FSU)
Topic 4: Total Lightning / Radar Studies
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Dai, Wang, Chen, Tao, Lin
Thunderstorm Evolution Analysis and Estimation Using Radar and Total Lightning Data
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Murphy, Holle, Demetriades, Pytlak
Total lightning, radar and satellite observations of two monsoon thunderstorm events in the Tucson area in summer 2007
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Schultz, Gatlin
Dual polarization radar and total lightning analysis of a non-tornadic low topped supercell from April 13, 2009
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Johnson, Petersen
Behavior of Lightning and Updrafts for Severe and Non-severe Storms in Northern Alabama
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Petersen, Carey, Deierling, Johnson, Bateman, Roeder, McNamara
Developing Lightning Prediction Tools for the CCAFS Dual-Polarimetric Radar
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Carey, Petersen, Deierling
Radar Differential Phase Signatures of Ice Orientation for the Prediction of Lightning Initiation and Cessation
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Weiss, MacGorman, Kuhlman
Lightning in the Anvils of Supercells
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Invited Keynote Speaker: Hugh Christian (UAH)
The Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM): Design and Performance
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Finke, Grandell, Stuhlmann
The Lightning Imager on the Meteosat Third Generation
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Gurka, Goodman, Mostek, Schmit, Miller, Bachmeier, DeMaria, Fuell
GOES-R Proving Ground: Ensuring User Readiness
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Stano, Blakeslee, McCaul, Bateman, Darden
NASA SPoRT GOES-R Proving Ground Activities Utilizing Lightning Mapping Array Observations
