Recent wildfire outbreaks around the world have prompted concern that climate change is
increasing fire incidence, threatening human livelihood and biodiversity, and perpetuating …

Lightning is the main precursor of natural wildfires and Long-Continuing-Current (LCC)
lightning flashes are proposed to be the main igniters of lightning-ignited wildfires (LIW) …

Global Climate is one chapter from the State of the Climate in 2022 annual report and is
available from https://doi. org/10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0090.1. Compiled by NOAA's National …

Current observation systems that provide data for the analysis and prediction of climate and
day-to-day weather are described, along with plans for future systems. The basic principles …

Lightning is an electrical discharge—a 'spark'or 'flash'as charged regions in the atmosphere
instantly balance themselves through this discharge. It is a beautiful and deadly naturally …

Lightning is the major cause of natural ignition of wildfires worldwide and produces the
largest wildfires in some regions. Lightning strokes produce about 5% of forest fires in the …

We study the sources of intense ultra-high-frequency (UHF) radiation (in the frequency
range 1–6 GHz) arising during the development of high-voltage atmospheric discharges …

Previous lightning climatologies derived from Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) and Optical
Transient Detector (OTD) total lightning measurements have quantified lightning frequency …

Abstract The Atmosphere‐Space Interactions Monitor measures Terrestrial Gamma‐Ray
Flashes (TGFs) simultaneously with optical emissions from associated lightning activity. We …

Satellite-observed night-time light (NTL) data provide a measure of the lighting brightness
seen from space at different times and spatial and temporal resolutions, thus offering …