[M-IS05] [EE] Thunderstorms and lightning as natural hazards in a changing climate

Mon. May 22, 2017 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM A11 (Tokyo Bay Makuhari Hall)

convener:Mitsuteru Sato(Department of Cosmoscience, Hokkaido University), Yoav Yair(Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya), Chairperson:Yoav Yair(Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya), Chairperson:Yukihiro Takahashi(Department of Cosmosciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University)

Lightning and thunderstorm are markers of severe weather, often accompanied by precipitation, hail and strong winds that can create significant natural hazards, especially in disaster-prone area. Lightning is also a strong indicator of convection, with tropical storms (typhoons and hurricanes) being of major importance. As the climate warms in the first decades of the 21st century, the intensity and frequency of thunderstorms is projected to increase. The need for detecting and monitoring the development of thunderstorms and lightning on local and regional scales is therefore clear and urgent. This session seeks theoretical and observational contributions on thunderstorm microphysics and dynamics, convective systems and tropical storms. Present patterns and distributions of lightning and extreme weather events, as well as forecasts of future trends, are also of interest. Lightning detecting and monitoring system performance and validation, and early-warning schemes are requested, either in operational or planning phase. The session will highlight regional and global lightning and atmospheric electricity networks and invites contributions on technological innovations in this field.

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9:00 AM - 9:15 AM

[MIS05-01] Horizontal difference between sprite-producing positive cloud-to-ground lightning and sprites during winter thunderstorm in Japan

*Sumire Onagi¹, Tomoyuki SUZUKI¹, Masashi Kamogawa¹ (1.Department of Physics, Tokyo Gakugei University)

9:15 AM - 9:30 AM

[MIS05-02] Multi-point radiation measurements for gamma-rays from accelerated electrons in winter thunderstorm

*Teruaki Enoto¹, Yuuki Wada², Yoshihiro Furuta², Takayuki Yuasa³, Kazuhiro Nakazawa², Toshio Nakano³, Harufumi Tsuchiya³, Masashi Kamogawa⁴, Daisuke Yonetoku⁵, Tatsuya Sawano⁵ (1.Kyoto University, 2.The University of Tokyo, 3.RIKEN, 4.Tokyo Gakugei University, 5.Kanazawa University)

9:30 AM - 9:45 AM

[MIS05-03] Intensity and frequency of electrified dust storms in the Middle East

*Yoav Yair¹ (1.Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya)

9:45 AM - 10:00 AM

[MIS05-04] Response of atmospheric electric fields to cloud parameters using a field mill and 95-GHz cloud radar FALCON-I

*Kota Nakamori¹, Yasuki Suzuki¹, Hiroyo Ohya¹, Toshiaki Takano¹, Youhei Kawamura¹, Hiroyuki Nakata¹, Kozo Yamashita² (1.Chiba University, 2.Salesian Polytechnic)

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

[MIS05-05] Recent results from the Japanese total lightning network

*Shintaro Kono¹, Yasuhide Hobara^1,2,3, S. Heckman⁴, C. Liu⁴ (1.Department of Computer and Network Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan., 2.Earth Environment Research Station, The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan., 3.Center for Space Science and Radio Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan., 4.EarthNetworks,USA)

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM

[MIS05-06] Research of derivation of lightning electrical characteristics using by lightning irradiance observed from ISS

*Yasuhide Hobara¹, Katsunori Suzuki¹, Kanata Kakinuma¹, Mitsuteru Sato², Yukihiro Takahashi³, Toru Adachi⁴, Tomoo Ushio⁵, Zenichiro Kawasaki⁵, Takeshi Morimoto⁶, Atsushi Yamazaki⁷, Makoto Suzuki⁷, Linscott Ivan⁸, INAN Umran⁸ (1.Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications, 2.Department of Cosmoscience, Hokkaido University , 3.Department of Cosmosciences, Graduate School of Science, Hokkaido University, 4.The Meteorological Satellite and Observation System Department, Meteorological Research Institute , 5.Information and communication engineering department, Osaka University, 6.Kindai University, 7.Institute of Space and Astronautical Science / Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, 8.Department of Electrical Engineering, Stanford University,)

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