A parameterization of long-continuing-current (LCC) lightning in the lightning submodel LNOX (version 3.0) of the Modular Earth Submodel System (MESSy, version 2.54)

Pérez-Invernón, Francisco J.; Huntrieser, Heidi; Jöckel, Patrick; Gordillo-Vázquez, Francisco J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1545-2022

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A parameterization of long-continuing-current (LCC) lightning in the lightning submodel LNOX (version 3.0) of the Modular Earth Submodel System (MESSy, version 2.54)

Francisco J. Pérez-Invernón, Heidi Huntrieser, Patrick Jöckel, and Francisco J. Gordillo-Vázquez

Data sets

ERA5 meteorological data Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S) - ECMWF https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu/cdsapp

ISS-LIS lightning data NASA https://doi.org/10.5067/LIS/ISSLIS/DATA107

Monthly averaged lightning data extracted from 1-year EMAC simulation including LCC-lightning (between 1 March, 2017 and 28 February, 2018, T42L90MA resolution) Francisco J. Pérez-Invernón, Heidi Huntrieser, Patrick Jöckel, and Francisco J. Gordillo-Vázquez https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5606230

Short summary

This study reports the first parameterization of long-continuing-current lightning in a climate model. Long-continuing-current lightning is proposed to be the main precursor of lightning-ignited wildfires and sprites, a type of transient luminous event taking place in the mesosphere. This parameterization can significantly contribute to improving the implementation of wildfires in climate models.