Remote Sensing (Aug 2021)

Investigation of Thundercloud Features in Different Regions

  • Andrei Sin’kevich,
  • Bruce Boe,
  • Sunil Pawar,
  • Jing Yang,
  • Ali Abshaev,
  • Yulia Dovgaluk,
  • Julduz Gekkieva,
  • Venkatachalam Gopalakrishnan,
  • Alexander Kurov,
  • Yurii Mikhailovskii,
  • Marina Toropova,
  • Nikolai Veremei

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/rs13163216
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 16
p. 3216

Abstract

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A comparison of thundercloud characteristics in different regions of the world was conducted. The clouds studied developed in India, China and in two regions of Russia. Several field projects were discussed. Cloud characteristics were measured by weather radars, the SEVERI instrument installed on board of the Meteosat satellite, and lightning detection systems. The statistical characteristics of the clouds were tabulated from radar scans and correlated with lightning observations. Thunderclouds in India differ significantly from those observed in other regions. The relationships among lightning strike frequency, supercooled cloud volume, and precipitation intensity were analyzed. In most cases, high correlation was observed between lightning strike frequency and supercooled volume.

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