A multi-variable investigation of thunderstorm environments in two distinct geographic regions is conducted to assess the aerosol and thermodynamic environments surrounding thunderstorm initiation. 12-years of cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning flash data are used to reconstruct thunderstorms occurring in a 225 km radius centered on the Washington, D·C. and Kansas City Metropolitan Regions. A total of 196,836 and 310,209 thunderstorms were identified for Washington, D.C. and Kansas City, MO, respectively. Hourly meteorological and aerosol data were then merged with the thunderstorm event database.

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理清雷暴-气溶胶关系：对华盛顿特区和密苏里州堪萨斯城中心地区的观察研究

对两个不同地理区域的雷暴环境进行多变量调查，以评估雷暴引发周围的气溶胶和热力学环境。使用 12 年的云对地 (CG) 闪电数据来重建以华盛顿特区为中心 225 公里半径范围内发生的雷暴。和堪萨斯城都会区。华盛顿特区和密苏里州堪萨斯城分别共确定了 196,836 场和 310,209 场雷暴。然后将每小时的气象和气溶胶数据与雷暴事件数据库合并。