2005 Southern Thunder Presentations
25-27 July 2005
Fort Worth, Texas
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Session 1 | Session 2 |
Session 3 | Sessions 4 and 5
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Demetriades, Bunting, Goodman
Introductions and Welcome, Logistics
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Steve Goodman, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
NASA - Huntsville LMA -
Ron Holle, Vaisala, Inc.
Vaisala - DFW LDAR II network status -
Don MacGorman, National Severe Storms Laboratory
The Oklahoma Lightning Mapping Array -
Brandon Ely, Texas A&M University
Houston LDAR II network: Status report -
Dennis Buechler, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Forecaster surveys and LMA benchmarking
SESSION 2: Operational uses of total lightning data
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Jason Burks, WFO Huntsville, Alabama
WFO Huntsville, AL: Two years of LMA in operations -
Greg Patrick, WFO Fort Worth, Texas
Use of LDAR II data at WFO Fort Worth during Spring 2005 -
Dave Sharp, WFO Melbourne, Florida
The occurrence of lightning as a significant event -
Don MacGorman, National Severe Storms Laboratory
Real-time LMA products for the Norman, OK National Weather Service Forecast Office -
Joe Schaefer, Storm Prediction Center
SPC lightning forecasts
SESSION 3: Total lightning research and meteorological applications
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Steve Goodman, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
Short-term forecasting and WRF Case Study (KHTX NEXRAD avi file 4.5 MB) -
Nick Demetriades and Martin Murphy, Vaisala Inc.
Vaisala's total lightning research in support of the Southern Thunder Project -
Don MacGorman, National Severe Storms Laboratory
NOAA/NSSL lightning studies with implications for operational applications -
Bill Rison, Paul Krehbiel, and Ron Thomas, New Mexico Tech University
Update on lightning mapping systems using the New Mexico Tech Lightning Mapping Array -
Nic Wilson, University of Oklahoma
The integration of total lightning into NCAR’s Auto-nowcaster: A status report -
Simon Paech, University of Alabama in Huntsville
Developing methods to nowcast total lightning flash rates and convective initiation using satellite infrared convective cloud information -
Geoffrey Stano, Florida State University
Statistical forecasting of lightning cessation at the Kennedy Space Center -
Jean-Yves Lojou, Vaisala Inc.
Comparison of VHF TOA and Interferometric measurements from Vaisala's Texas test networks -
Xuan-Min Shao, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Total lightning observations with new and improved Los Alamos Sferic Array (LASA) -
Bill Geitz, Unites States Precision Lightning Network
Brief overview of total lightning activities
SESSIONS 4 and 5: Breakout discussions and Plenary
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Nick Demetriades
A. Product definition and generation -
Bill Rison
B. Detection efficiency, location accuracy and performance metrics -
Jason Burks
C. Management of WES cases, training and assessment -
Plenary Session
Summaries, next steps, tasks, deadlines, etc.
