Houston Environmental Aerosol
Thunderstorm Project
(HEAT)

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HEAT Planning Timeline

2004

January 22nd - NSF Scientific Overview Document Due

March 15-16th - HEAT Project meeting in Boulder, CO

June 15th - Deadline to submit equipment proposals to UCAR

June 15th - Deadline for all research proposals

October 1st - 3rd - UCAR Allocation Committee meets

2005

March - HEAT Planning meeting at Houston NWS

June - Deployment of major research facilities

July - September - HEAT field campaign

NCAR HEAT Meeting (March '04)
Scientific Summaries and Presentations


Miscellaneous:

Cell Merger Processes and their Influence on Cloud Microphysics, Kinematics, and Electrification over Houston  (Preliminary Work from UAH)

CCN Measurements of the Houston Urban Plume

Yearly CG Lightning Flash Density Maps for Houston, TX

Mean Monthly CG Lightning Flash Density Maps for Houston, TX

Mean Monthly Diurnal Variation in CG Lightning Flash Density for Houston, TX

Frequency Distribution Plots for Start and End Times for Thunderstorms around Houston, TX

Related Articles and Publications:   [PDF]

Orville et al., 2001: Enhancement of cloud-to-ground lightning over Houston, Texas. Geophys. Res. Ltr., 28, 2597-2600. 

Steiger et al., 2002: Cloud-to-ground lightning characteristics over Houston, Texas: 1989-2000. J. Geophys. Res., 107, D11, 10.1029/2001JD001142.

Steiger and Orville, 2003: Cloud-to-ground lightning enhancement over southern Louisiana. Geophys. Res. Lett., 29, 10.1029/2003GL017923.

Steiger, S. M., 2001: Cloud-to-ground lightning characteristics over Houston, Texas. M.S. thesis, Texas A&M University, 144 pp.

Original Draft Version of the Scientific Overview &
Operational Plan for HEAT-Summer 2005      [HTML]
 

Updated: June 24, 2004

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