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This paper brings out the interconnection of flash rate density (FRD) with convection and stability parameters over Andhra Pradesh (AP), India. The convection parameters include rainfall, relative humidity, specific humidity, surface air temperature (SAT) and air temperature (at 850 mb). The stability parameters include convective available potential energy (CAPE), lifted index, K-index, total totals index (TTI), humidity index and total precipitable water. Both convective and stability parameters indicate good correlation with lightning activity. SAT and AT 850 mb have shown good correlations with lightning, which is a clear indication of interaction between warm air and dry air. CAPE and TTI have shown strong positive correlation with lightning activity. The correlation coefficient between FRD and CAPE is 0.81. We have also studied the influence of convective and stability parameters during lightning and no lightning activity. Later, we also attempted the estimation of lightning activity by using artificial neural network model. By using convection and stability parameters, six learning algorithms were used for training the artificial neural network. Scaled conjugate gradient backpropagation training algorithm has given the better estimation, whereas resilient backpropagation training algorithm has shown the poor estimation of FRD.
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The data used in this work were supported by Era-Interim data from ECMWF satellite; flash rates data from LIS-TRMM satellite; GPCC rainfall data from NCEP; and NCAR re-analysis satellite data from NOAA, USA. This work is supported by CSIR-SRF, Government of India, under the file no. 09/1068(0001)/2018-EMR-I.
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Umakanth, N., Satyanarayana, G.C., Simon, B. et al. Impact of convection and stability parameters on lightning activity over Andhra Pradesh, India. Acta Geophys. 68, 1845–1866 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11600-020-00479-0
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