Application of Lightning Detection Technology in Weather and Climate Research
Published 14 August, 2024
Thunderstorms and lightning are distinctive natural phenomena occurring in the lower atmosphere. As a consequence of severe convective weather processes, lightning frequently coexists with various other disastrous phenomena, eliciting multiple effects through electromagnetic pulses and charge transfer. It also has indicative significance for the variability characteristics of weather and climate systems under global warming.
Lightning detection technologies have become increasingly important in atmospheric physics research, improving meteorological forecasting capabilities, and climate change studies. In recent years, significant progress has been achieved in multi-platform and multi-sensor detections, real-time monitoring over broad areas, observations with high spatiotemporal resolution, and precise measurements of weak discharging processes of lightning physical processes and comprehensive application of lightning detection data. With the insights into the various physical and chemical effects of thunderstorms and lightning on the Earth's environment, lightning detection data have provided vital support for interdisciplinary research, facilitating the development of Earth system science.
Within this context, Atmospheric and Oceanic Science Letters (AOSL) invites submissions focusing on the latest research achievements in lightning detection technologies and their applications, to promote their transformation, thereby advancing lightning science research towards a more precise and pragmatic direction. This special issue will provide an opportunity for scientists to disseminate their recent research progress in the field of lightning research and related disciplines.
Potential topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
(1) Latest developments in lightning detection technology
(2) Collaborative observation of lightning physical processes
(3) Application of lightning detection data in climate change research
(4) Application of lightning detection technology in disaster weather research
(5) Application of lightning detection technology in the study of coupling between lower to middle-upper atmospheric layers
(6) Application of lightning detection data in global atmospheric circuit research
Submission Instructions:
Please read the Guide for Authors before submitting. All submissions should be made online; please select the manuscript type “Special Issue: Application of lightning detection technology in weather and climate research”. Questions can be emailed to the AOSL editorial office at aosl@mail.iap.ac.cn.
Submission deadline:
31 October 2024
Special Issue Editors:
Lead Editor:
- Prof. Gaopeng Lu
University of Science and Technology of China
Email: gplu@ustc.edu.cn
Guest Editor:
- Prof. Xiushu Qie
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Email: qiex@mail.iap.ac.cn
- Prof. Rubin Jiang
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Email: jiangrubin@mail.iap.ac.cn
- Assoc. Prof. Fanchao Lyu
Nanjing Joint Institute for Atmospheric Sciences
Email: lyufc@cma.gov.cn
