Articles | Volume 15, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1545-2022
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-15-1545-2022
Development and technical paper
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21 Feb 2022
Development and technical paper |  | 21 Feb 2022

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

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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.
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