Preliminary lightning climatology studies for Idaho

Hill, Christopher D.; Gorski, Carl J.; Conger, Michael C.

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Preliminary lightning climatology studies for Idaho

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1987
By Hill, Christopher D. ; Gorski, Carl J. ; Conger, Michael C.
Series: NOAA technical memorandum NWS WR 198

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Hill, Christopher D. ; Gorski, Carl J. ; Conger, Michael C.
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U.S. Department of Commerce, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Weather Service, [Western Region]
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NWS (National Weather Service) ; WR (Western Region)
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Two years of cloud-to-ground lightning strike data from the Bureau of Land Management's Automatic Lightning Detection System are used to develop a preliminary thunderstorm climatology for the State of Idaho. The preliminary results suggest earlier climatologies based on widely separated weather observing stations underestimate the number of thunderstorm days in the region. Map types are then used to investigate the variations in the frequency of lightning under differing mid-tropospheric flow patterns. Finally, manually reported lightning activity levels are compared to lightning occurrence and density as measured by the automated system.
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Climatology Lightning
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NOAA technical memorandum NWS WR ; 198
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Technical Memorandum
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Idaho
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