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DOI | 10.1016/j.atmosres.2020.104862 |
Impact of 1-and 2-moment cloud microphysics and horizontal resolution on lightning Potential Index within COSMO NWP model | |
Sokol, Zbynek; Minarova, Jana | |
2020-06-01 | |
发表期刊 | ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH
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ISSN | 0169-8095 |
EISSN | 1873-2895 |
出版年 | 2020 |
卷号 | 237 |
文章类型 | Article |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | Czech Republic |
英文摘要 | Lightning is considered one of the most severe meteorological hazards. Currently, many Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) models make operational use of the Lightning Potential Index (LPI), which enables one to determine areas prone to lightning. In this study, we investigated the ability of LPI to forecast lightning by comparing forecasts of LPI among four configurations of the COSMO NWP model. The four configurations of the COSMO NWP model differ in horizontal resolution (1.2 and 2.2 km) and cloud microphysical scheme (1- and 2-moment cloud microphysics). We evaluated binary forecasts of LPI for varying lead time (1 -10h) against the observed number and peak current of lightning flashes recorded by EUCLID network. The evaluation was performed for eight area sizes (4.8 km x 4.8 km to 240 km x 240 km) around model grid points and for 8 days in 2018 when thunderstorms occurred in Central Europe. To assess the success of lightning prediction, we evaluated LPI forecasts using the Area under the Receiver Operating Characteristic (AROC). Results show that the forecasts almost always outperformed the random forecast (AROC = 0.5). As expected, the prediction was more successful for models having higher resolution and the models comprising 2-moment cloud microphysics. The results of the evaluation of LPI forecasts compared to the number of observed lightning were similar to those compared to the sum of the observed peak current. However, differences in results among the four configurations of the model were larger in the latter case. Based on the performed evaluation, we confirm that LPI is a suitable tool for implicit forecasting of lightning in the COSMO NWP model. |
领域 | 地球科学 |
收录类别 | SCI-E |
WOS记录号 | WOS:000525323100006 |
WOS关键词 | RADAR REFLECTIVITY ; PART 1 ; PARAMETERIZATION ; ELECTRIFICATION ; SYSTEM ; VERIFICATION ; THUNDERSTORM ; SIMULATIONS ; ASSIMILATION ; FORECASTS |
WOS类目 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
WOS研究方向 | Meteorology & Atmospheric Sciences |
引用统计 | |
文献类型 | 期刊论文 |
条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/278902 |
专题 | 地球科学 |
作者单位 | Czech Acad Sci, Inst Atmospher Phys, Bocni 2 1401, Prague 14100, Czech Republic |
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714 | Sokol, Zbynek,Minarova, Jana. Impact of 1-and 2-moment cloud microphysics and horizontal resolution on lightning Potential Index within COSMO NWP model[J]. ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH,2020,237. |
APA | Sokol, Zbynek,&Minarova, Jana.(2020).Impact of 1-and 2-moment cloud microphysics and horizontal resolution on lightning Potential Index within COSMO NWP model.ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH,237. |
MLA | Sokol, Zbynek,et al."Impact of 1-and 2-moment cloud microphysics and horizontal resolution on lightning Potential Index within COSMO NWP model".ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH 237(2020). |
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