Overview of Global Lightning Studies Based in Arizona

Miércoles 2 de octubre de 2024 • 12:00 PM

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•Seminario en Línea•

IMPARTE: Ron Holle y Daile Zhang ┃ Invitados del Grupo de Hidrología y Meteorología

RESUMEN:

A book was recently published by Springer Press book titled ‘Flashes of brilliance: The science and wonder of Arizona lightning’.

This presentation will review some of its contents such as why Arizona is the lightning photography capital of the U.S., and how lightning has been a fascination for Arizona Native Americans for generations.

We will also describe the remarkable achievement of inventing real-time lightning detection using ground-based antennas that was based on research at the University of Arizona. The lightning phenomenon in Arizona, including the Grand Canyon, has features that are unique in the U.S. because of the monsoon season that accounts for 90% of the year’s lightning in the state. Its relationship to the Mexican monsoon will also be described from current and prior lightning studies.

SEMBLANZAS:

Ron Holle

Ron Holle is a meteorological consultant in Oro Valley, Arizona. Ron has worked extensively in meteorological education issues, particularly those relating to lightning safety and the demographics of lightning victims and damages around the U.S. and other countries.

He has authored or co-authored 82 formally reviewed papers, 20 books and book chapters, and 369 informal papers.

He is a member of the U.S. National Lightning Safety Council and serves on the Executive Committee of the African Centres for Lightning Education Network.

He was elected a Fellow of the American Meteorological Society in 2009.

Daile Zhang

Daile Zhang is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Dakota. Currently, she is working on evaluating and assessing lightning data from different lightning locating systems, including ground-based and satellite-based networks.

Daile received her Ph. D. degree in Atmospheric Sciences from the University of Arizona and worked as a postdoc and an Assistant Research Scientist at the University of Maryland before moving to Grand Forks.

Daile serves on the Board of Directors for the African Centres for Lightning and Electromagnetics Network (ACLENet) and is a member of the U.S. National Lightning Safety Council. She also serves on the World Meteorological Organization's Committee on Weather and Climate Extremes and helped certify two new megaflash lightning records in 2022.

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