Recent publications

·        Huffines, G. R. and R. E. Orville, 2001, “Peak current variations in cloud-to-ground lightning over the continental United States: 1995-99,” J. Geophys. Res., (submitted)

·        Steiger, S., R. Orville, and G. Huffines, 2001, “Cloud-to-ground lightning characteristics over Houston, Texas: 1989-2000,” J. Geophys. Res. (submitted).

·        Bond, D., S. Steiger, R. Zhang, S. Tie, and R. E. Orville, 2001, “The importance of NOx production by lightning in the tropics,” J. Geophys. Res., (In press).

·        Orville, R. E., G. R. Huffines, J. Nielsen-Gammon, R. Zhang, B. Ely, S. Steiger, S. Phillips, S. Allen, and W. Read, 2001, “Enhancement of cloud-to-ground lightning over Houston, Texas,” Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, No. 13, 2597-2600.  Orville_et_al_2001.pdf

·        Orville, R. E. and G. R. Huffines, 2001, “Cloud-to-ground lightning in the USA: NLDN results in the first decade 1989-1998,” Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, No. 5, 1179-1193.  OrvilleHuffines2001.pdf

·        Murray, N. D., R. E. Orville, and G. R. Huffines, 2000, “Effect of pollution from Central American fires on cloud-to-ground lightning,” Geophys. Res. Lett., ., 27, (15), August 1, 2000, 2249-2252).  MurrayOrville2000.pdf

·        Nesbitt, S. W., R. Zhang, and R. Orville, 2000: “Seasonal and global NOx production by lightning estimated from the Optical Transient Detector (OTD),’ Tellus, Series B, 52, (5), 1206-1215.

·        Zhang, R. N. T. Sanger, R. Orville, X. Tie, W. Randel and E. R. Williams, 2000, “Enhances NOx by lightning in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere inferred from the UARS global NO2 measurements,” Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, No. 5, (March 1), 685-688.

·        Orville, R. E. 1999: "Comments on large peak cloud-to-ground lightning flashes during the summer months in the contiguous United States," Mon. Wea. Rev., 127, No. 8, 1937-1938.  OrvilleComment99.pdf

·        Orville, R. E. and G. R. Huffines, 1999: "Lightning ground flash measurements over the contiguous United States: 1995-1997, Mon. Wea. Rev., 127 No. 11, 2693-2703.  OrvilleHuffines1999.pdf

·        Gremillion, M. and R. E. Orville, 1999: "Thunderstorm characteristics of cloud-to-ground lightning at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida: A study of lightning initiation signatures as indicated by the WSR-88D radar," Wea. Forecasting, 14, 640-649.  .  GremillionOrville.pdf

·        Huffines, G. and R. E. Orville, 1999: "Lightning ground flash density and thunderstorm duration in the continental United States: 1989-96" J. Appl. Meteor, 38, 7, 1013-1019.  HuffinesOrville99.pdf

·        Wacker, R. S. and R. E. Orville, 1999: “Changes in measured lightning flash count and return stroke peak current after the 1994 U. S. National Lightning Detection Network upgrade; Part I: Observations,” J. Geophys. Res., 104, D2, January 27, 19,791-2151-2157.

·        Wacker, R. S. and R. E. Orville, 1999: “Changes in measured lightning flash count and return stroke peak current after the 1994 U. S. National Lightning Detection Network upgrade; Part II: Theory,” J. Geophys. Res., 104, D2, January 27, 2159-2162.

·        Mackerras D., M. Darveniza, R. E. Orville, E. R. Williams and S. Goodman, 1998: “Global lightning total, cloud and ground flash estimates,” J. Geophys. Res., 103, D16, August 27, 19,791-19,809.

·        Hodanish, S., D. Sharp, W. Collins, C. Paxton, and R. E. Orville, 1997: “A ten-year monthly lightning climatology of Florida: 1986 through 1995,” Wea. Forecasting, 12, 3, 437-446.  HodanishOrville.pdf

·        Perez, A., L. J. Wicker, and R. E. Orville, 1997: “Characteristics of cloud-to-ground lightning associated with violent tornadoes,” Wea Forecasting, 12, 3, 427-436.  PerezOrville.pdf

·        Sheridan, S. C., J. F. Griffiths, and R. E. Orville, 1997: “Cloud-to-ground lightning precipitation relationships in the South Central United States,” Wea. Forecasting, 12, 3, 447-456.  SheridanOrville.pdf