AGU Fall Meeting
Hikari Fukuda
(December 2021)
Lake Maracaibo - The champion in electricity
Lake Maracaibo - The champion in electricity
Topography
Topography
Daytime and nighttime lightning rate
Daytime and nighttime lightning rate
In Venezuela;
Topography and breeze effects;
Intense nighttime thunderstorms.
More lakes
More lakes
Ratio of lenght x Nighttime lightning
Ratio of lenght x Nighttime lightning
Ratio of lenght = longer lenght (horizontal or vertical)/shorter lenght
Ratio of lenght x Nighttime lightning predominance
Ratio of lenght x Nighttime lightning predominance
Low coefficient of determination (R²).
3D structure - CFADs
3D structure - CFADs
Cumulative Frequency Altitude Diagram - CFAD (Yuter and Houze Jr., 1995)
Different percentage of convective rain (diurnal)
Different percentage of convective rain (diurnal)
Lakes Maracaibo (South America) and Victoria (East Africa). Md = Median.
Different percentage of convective rain (seasonal)
Different percentage of convective rain (seasonal)
References
References
Yuter, S. E., & Houze Jr, R. A. (1995). Three-dimensional kinematic and microphysical evolution of Florida cumulonimbus. Part II: Frequency distributions of vertical velocity, reflectivity, and differential reflectivity. Monthly weather review, 123(7), 1941-1963.