ML4WX

Nowcasting

A Deep Learning Network for Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Nowcasting with Multisource Data

Kanghui Zhou, Yongguang Zheng, Wansheng Dong, Tingbo Wang

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology · · China Meteorological Administration (CMA)

Paper

In one sentence. LightningNet, a 3D convolutional encoder-decoder fusing Himawari-8, radar and lightning data, gives 0-1 h cloud-to-ground lightning nowcasts over China with threat score 0.453.

Labels

Topic
Nowcasting, Observations & remote sensing
Type
New model or method
Method
CNN / U-Net
Time scale
0–6 h
Domain
Regional
Data
Satellite, Radar, Station / in-situ
Status
Research
Identifiers
DOI:10.1175/jtech-d-19-0146.1 OpenAlex:W3016496098
Added
2026-10-22

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