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Possible implications of global climate change on global lightning distributions and frequencies
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The Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) general circulation model (GCM) is used to study the possible implications of past and future climate change on global lightning frequencies. Two climate change experiments were conducted: one for a 2×CO 2 climate (representing a 4.2°C global warming) and one for a 2% decrease in the solar constant (representing a 5.9°C global cooling). The results suggest a 30% increase in global lightning activity for the warmer climate and a 24% decrease in global lightning activity for the colder climate. This implies an approximate 5–6% change in global lightning frequencies for every 1°C global warming/cooling. Both intracloud and cloud‐to‐ground frequencies are modeled, with cloud‐to‐ground lightning frequencies showing larger sensitivity to climate change than intracloud frequencies. The magnitude of the modeled lightning changes depends on season, location, and even time of day.
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- Venue
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Published
- 1994-05-20
- Volume
- 99
- Issue
- D5
- Pages
- 10823-10831
- ISSN
- 0148-0227 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2014067085
- Cited by
- 295
- References
- 19
- FWCI
- 7.37
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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