Statistical Properties of ENI CG/IC Flashes Relative to NLDN CG Flashes over CONUS 01/05/2015 Jess Charba MDL LAMP* convection/lightning leader Judy Ghirardelli.

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Statistical Properties of ENI CG/IC Flashes Relative to NLDN CG Flashes over CONUS 01/05/2015 Jess Charba MDL LAMP* convection/lightning leader Judy Ghirardelli MDL LAMP manager/leader Fred Samplatsky MDL Andy Kochenash MDL Phil Bothwell SPC Chris Sloop ENI AMS 7 th Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data * LAMP = Localized Aviation MOS Program developed by MDL

Cloud-to-ground (CG) flashes  Provided by National Lightning Detection Network (NLDN / Vaisala, Inc) since 1989  Provided by Earth Networks, Inc (ENI) since 2009 Total lightning (TL) data  Consist of separate CG and in-cloud (IC) flashes  Provided by ENI since ~ 2009  Provided more recently by Vaisala* * Vaisala IC data not included in study …MDL did not have access to an archive 2 What Types of Lightning Data Exist over CONUS?

3 What Questions Were Addressed in Study? How do recent NLDN and ENI CG statistics compare?  Have recent CG data evolved over time? How do recent ENI CG and IC statistics compare?  Have recent data evolved over time? These questions are important to NWS because –  Accurate, stable data are needed for forecast/warning and modelling applications

NLDN and ENI samples = Jan 2012 to present Consider major ENI upgrades  04 Jun 2013  04 Jun 2014 Data analysis  Flash counts tabulated in 10 km gridboxes by day (12z - 12z)  Study restricted to warm season (Apr – Sep) Warm season sub-divisions  “Before Jun 2013 ENI upgrade”  “Btwn Jun 2013 and 2014 ENI upgrades”  “After Jun 2014 ENI upgrade” 4 Data Samples/Stratifications Used in Study

5 Mean Daily CG Count Full warm seasons of NLDN ENI NLDN CG coverage is less than for ENI

6 Grid boundary Flash Count Tabulation Grid and “CONUS” Aggregating Area “CONUS” aggregating area

7 NLDN and ENI Daily CG Count over CONUS Date period = +/- 30 days from ENI upgrade dates 04 Jun 2013 ENI upgrade 04 Jun 2014 ENI upgrade ENI much higher before 2013 upgrade …slightly higher afterward ENI slightly lower after 2014 upgrade

8 Mean Daily CG Count Before June 2013 ENI upgrade ENINLDN ENI much higher

9 NLDNENI ENI slightly lower Mean Daily CG Count After June 2014 ENI upgrade

Mean Daily NLDN and ENI CG Count over CONUS 10 Before Jun 2013 ENI upgrade After Jun 2014 ENI upgrade Bwtn Jun ENI upgrades

Mean Absolute Difference of ENI and NLDN Daily CG over CONUS 11 Before Jun 2013 ENI upgrade Bwtn Jun ENI upgrades After Jun 2014 ENI upgrade

RMS Difference of ENI and NLDN Daily CG over CONUS 12 Before Jun 2013 ENI upgrade Bwtn Jun ENI upgrades After Jun 2014 ENI upgrade

13 ENI Daily IC vs CG Count over CONUS Date period = +/- 30 days about ENI upgrades 04 Jun 2013 ENI upgrade 04 Jun 2014 ENI upgrade IC slightly higher before 2013 upgrade … ~ 4 X higher afterward IC avg ~ 8 X higher after 2014 upgrade

14 Mean of ENI Daily IC/CG Before June 2013 upgrade After June 2014 upgrade

Daily Mean ENI IC and CG Count over CONUS 15 Before Jun 2013 ENI upgrade Bwtn Jun ENI upgrades After Jun 2014 ENI upgrade

ENI warm season CG counts were generally -  Much higher than NLDN CG counts before June 2013 ENI upgrade  Slightly higher than NLDN CG counts between 2013 and 2014 ENI upgrades  Slightly lower than NLDN CG counts since June 2014 ENI upgrade Note: Possible evolution of NLDN CG counts during this period is not known ENI warm season IC versus CG counts –  IC slightly higher before June 2013 upgrade  IC ~ 4 times higher between 2013 and 2014 upgrades  IC ~ 7 times higher since June 2014 ENI upgrade Note: True IC versus CG counts are not known 16 Summary of Findings

ENI upgrade in June 2013 has greatly improved CG flash count consistency with NLDN CG counts over CONUS ENI upgrades in 2013 and 2014 have greatly increased IC flash counts over CONUS 17 Conclusions

18 Questions ?