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DOI	10.1016/j.atmosres.2019.03.013
	Duration; spatial size and radiance of lightning flashes over the Asia-Pacific region based on TRMM/LIS observations
	You J.; Zheng D.; Zhang Y.; Yao W.; Meng Q.
发表日期	2019
ISSN	0169-8095
起始页码	98
结束页码	113
卷号	223
英文摘要	The geographical distributions of flash duration, length, footprint and radiance, as well as their correspondence with thunderstorm structures, are investigated for the first time in the Asia-Pacific region ranging from 70°E to 160°E and from 18°N to 36°N and in six specially chosen regions by employing flash data collected by the Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) aboard the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) satellite and TRMM-based radar precipitation feature (RPF) data from 2002 to 2014. The flash length, footprint and radiance values are, on average, the largest over the deep ocean, followed by offshore waters and land. Flash duration is the longest over the offshore waters near the east coast of China, followed by the deep ocean and land. The Tibet Plateau and the northern part of the Indian Peninsula have the weakest flash properties in the study region. Furthermore, the geographic distributions of the flash properties exhibit evident seasonal changes. The monotonic relationship between flash spatial size and radiance is stronger than the monotonic relationships between flash duration and spatial size or radiance. Based on a comparison of the seasonal and regional changes in flash properties with RPF properties, convective intensity is proposed to play a crucial role in characterizing the flash spatial size and radiance, according to their inverse correlation in most regions. However, the climatological correspondence between flash duration and thunderstorm structures remains poorly constrained. We have launched a discussion of the possible association between thunderstorm structures and flash properties. © 2019 Elsevier B.V.
英文关键词	Flash duration; Flash radiance; Flash spatial size; TRMM/LIS
语种	英语
scopus关键词	Geographical distribution; Geographical regions; Lightning; Offshore oil well production; Precipitation (meteorology); Thunderstorms; Convective intensity; Flash duration; Flash radiance; Inverse correlation; Lightning imaging sensors; Spatial size; TRMM/LIS; Tropical rainfall measuring mission satellites; Rain gages; climatology; geographical distribution; lightning; sensor; spatial analysis; thunderstorm; TRMM; China; Qinghai-Xizang Plateau
来源期刊	Atmospheric Research
文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	http://gcip.llas.ac.cn/handle/2XKMVOVA/162321
作者单位	State Key Laboratory of Severe Weather, Laboratory of Lightning Physics and Protection Engineering, Chinese Academy of Meteorological Sciences, Beijing, China; Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai, China; Shanghai Institute of Pollution Control and Ecological Security, Shanghai, China
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	You J.,Zheng D.,Zhang Y.,et al. Duration; spatial size and radiance of lightning flashes over the Asia-Pacific region based on TRMM/LIS observations[J],2019,223.
APA	You J.,Zheng D.,Zhang Y.,Yao W.,&Meng Q..(2019).Duration; spatial size and radiance of lightning flashes over the Asia-Pacific region based on TRMM/LIS observations.Atmospheric Research,223.
MLA	You J.,et al."Duration; spatial size and radiance of lightning flashes over the Asia-Pacific region based on TRMM/LIS observations".Atmospheric Research 223(2019).