ML4WX

Nowcasting

Lightning flash rate nowcasting based on polarimetric radar data and machine learning

Yunish Shrestha, Yan Rockee Zhang, Richard J. Doviak, Pak Wai Chan

International Journal of Remote Sensing · · NOAA (incl. GFDL, PSL, GSL, NCEP/EMC), University of Oklahoma (AI2ES)

Paper

In one sentence. Machine learning on polarimetric S-band radar storm cells predicts lightning flash rates up to 30 minutes ahead, with polarimetric gains mainly for short datasets.

Labels

Topic
Nowcasting, Observations & remote sensing
Type
New model or method
Method
Classical ML (trees, GP, linear, kernels)
Time scale
0–6 h
Domain
Local / station
Data
Radar
Status
Research
Identifiers
DOI:10.1080/01431161.2021.1933243 OpenAlex:W3185117548
Added
2026-10-22

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