Remote sensing of Electrification, Lightning, And Meso-scale/micro-scale Processes with Adaptive Ground Observations - Cloud Aerosols and Complex Terrain Interactions

Linked to HIWeather through the Working Group on Nowcasting and Mesoscale Research (WGNMR)

RELAMPAGO is funded by the US National Science Foundation to observe convective storms that produce high impact weather in the lee of the Andes in Argentina.  It also involves contributions from NASA, NOAA, Argentina (MINyCT), Brazil (CNPq and FAPESP), Chile (CONICYT), universities across the region, Argentina’s national meteorological service (SMN) and Brazil’s space agency (INPE). Observations during the main observing period, Nov-Dec 2018, successfully captured many storms. See press report at: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-01-23/weather-scientists-find-one-of-worlds-largest-hail-stones/10735666