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Texas A&M University
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Spring 2010 - ATMO 201, Section 501

Dr. Richard Orville

Professor and Director of Cooperative Institute for Applied Meteorological Studies

Ph.D., University of Arizona

Research Interests

Severe Storms, Lightning

In cooperation with other faculty, (Drs. Nielsen-Gammon, Carey, Collins and Zhang) we have developed a comprehensive program on the meteorological characteristics of lightning associated with lightning discharges to ground. Our instrumentation base consists of the WSR-88D installations in Texas, access to the National Lightning Detection Network, and a Total Lightning Detection and Ranging system (LDAR II) around Houston, which was an element in the TexAQS (Air Quality Study) II program in 2005-2006.

CIAMS

The Cooperative Institute of Applied Meteorological Studies (CIAMS) is one of two National Weather Service Institutes in the Southern Region. This association provides a close research link between Texas A&M University and the National Weather Service. Numerous projects are underway that enable the student to work with NWS personnel. The result is usually a master's or doctoral completion and frequently, employment with the NWS. The current areas of cooperative research include Doppler radar, lightning, severe storms in the Southern Plains, and agriculture.

Selected Publications

Keeler, J., S. Steiger, R. Hamilton, and R. Orville, 2008, “Lake-effect thunderstorms in the lower great lakes,” J. Applied Meteorology, In press.
Hodapp, C.L., L.D. Carey, and R.E. Orville, Evolution of radar reflectivity and total lightning characteristics of the 21 April 2006 mesoscale convective system over Texas, Atmos. Res. (2008), doi:10.1016/j.atmosres. 2008.01.007
Ely, B., Orville, R. E., L. D. Carey, and C. L. Hodapp, 2008, “Evolution of the total lightning structure in a leading –line, trailing-stratiform mesoscale convective system over Houston, Texas” J. Geophys. Res.,Vol. 113, No. D08114, doi10.1029/2007JD008445.
Orville, R. E., 2008, “Development of the National Lightning Detection Network” Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 89, No. 2, 180-190.
Hudman, R. C., D J Jacob, S Turquety1, E M Leibensperger, L T Murray, S Wu, A B Gilliland, M Avery, G W Sachse, T H Bertram, R C Cohen, P J Wooldridge, W Brune, X Ren, J E Dibb, F M Flocke, A Fried, J Holloway, A Newman, T B Ryerson, R Orville, and H B.Singh, “Surface and lightning sources of nitrogen oxides in the United States: magnitudes, chemical evolution and outflow,” J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 112, No. D12, D12S05, 10.1029/2006JD007912, 18 April 2007
Steiger, S., R. E. Orville, and L. D. Carey, 2007 “Total lightning signatures of thunderstorm intensity, Part I: Supercells,” Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 3281-3302.
Steiger, S, R. E. Orville, and L. D. Carey, 2007 “Total lightning signatures of thunderstorm intensity, Part II: Mesoscale convection systems,” Mon. Wea. Rev., 135,3303-3324.
Gauthier, M. L., W. A. Petersen, L. D. Carey, and R. E. Orville, 2005, “Dissecting the anomaly – A closer look at the documented enhancement in summer time ground flash densities in and around the Houston area,” Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol.32,No.10,L10810 10.1029/2005GL022725 24 May 2005.
Ely, B. and R. E. Orville, 2005, “High percentage of positive lightning along the USA West Coast,” Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol.32,No.9,L09815 10.1029/2005GL022782 14 May 2005.
Steiger, S. and R. E. Orville, 2003, “Cloud-to-ground lightning enhancement over southern Louisiana,” Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, No. 19, 1975, doi: 10.1029/2003GL017923.
Orville, R. E., G. R. Huffines, W. R. Burrows, R. L. Holle, and K. L. Cummins, 2002, “The North American Lightning Detection Network (NALDN) - First Results: 1998-2000,” Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 8, 2098-2109.
Steiger, S., R. Orville, and G. Huffines, 2002, “Cloud-to-ground lightning characteristics over Houston, Texas: 1989-2000,” J. Geophys. Res. 107, D11, 10.1029/2001JD001142.
Bond, D., S. Steiger, R. Zhang, S. Tie, and R. E. Orville, 2002, “The importance of NO_x production by lightning in the tropics,” Atmos. Environment., 36, 1509-1519.
Bond, D. W., R. Zhang, X. Tie, G. Brasseur, G. Huffines, R. Orville, and D. Boccippio, 2001, “NOx production by lightning over the continental United States,” J. Geophys. Res., 106, D21, 27,701-27,710.
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.