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45
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7954
World Ranking
6391
National Ranking
2301

Overview

Lawrence D. Carey is affiliated with the University of Alabama in Huntsville in the United States. Their research spans multiple interdisciplinary fields including Physics and Astronomy, Environmental Science, and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with notable focus also on several subfields such as Astronomy and Astrophysics, Global and Planetary Change, and Atmospheric Science.

The scientific work of Lawrence D. Carey primarily centers on topics related to lightning and electromagnetic phenomena, fire effects on ecosystems, meteorological phenomena and simulations, atmospheric aerosols and clouds, plant water relations and carbon dynamics, seismic waves and analysis, and climate variability and models.

Key recent papers authored or co-authored by Carey include:

  • A Storm Safari in Subtropical South America: Proyecto RELAMPAGO, 2021, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • The RELAMPAGO Lightning Mapping Array: Overview and Initial Comparison with the Geostationary Lightning Mapper, 2020, Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
  • Characterizing Charge Structure in Central Argentina Thunderstorms During RELAMPAGO Utilizing a New Charge Layer Polarity Identification Method, 2021, Earth and Space Science
  • Huntsville Alabama Marx Meter Array 2: Upgrade and Capability, 2020, Earth and Space Science
  • Observations of Anomalous Charge Structures in Supercell Thunderstorms in the Southeastern United States, 2020, Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres

The frequent co-authors collaborating with Lawrence D. Carey include:

  • Timothy J. Lang
  • Phillip M. Bitzer
  • Bruno L. Medina
  • Wiebke Deierling
  • Richard J. Blakeslee

Publications commonly appear in journals such as the Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, Earth and Space Science, American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), and Geophysical Research Letters.

Best Publications

  • The GOES-R GeoStationary Lightning Mapper (GLM)

    Steven J. Goodman;Richard J. Blakeslee;William J. Koshak;Douglas Mach

  • The Relationship between Precipitation and Lightning in Tropical Island Convection: A C-Band Polarimetric Radar Study

    Lawrence D. Carey;Steven A. Rutledge

  • Lightning and Severe Weather: A Comparison between Total and Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Trends

    Christopher J. Schultz;Walter A. Petersen;Lawrence D. Carey

  • Electrical and multiparameter radar observations of a severe hailstorm

    Lawrence D. Carey;Steven A. Rutledge

  • A multiparameter radar case study of the microphysical and kinematic evolution of a lightning producing storm

    L. D. Carey;S. A. Rutledge

  • Preliminary Development and Evaluation of Lightning Jump Algorithms for the Real-Time Detection of Severe Weather

    Christopher J. Schultz;Walter A. Petersen;Lawrence D. Carey

  • TELEX The Thunderstorm Electrification and Lightning Experiment

    Donald R. MacGorman;W. David Rust;Terry J. Schuur;Michael I. Biggerstaff

  • Lightning location relative to storm structure in a leading‐line, trailing‐stratiform mesoscale convective system

    Lawrence D. Carey;Martin J. Murphy;Tracy L. McCormick;Nicholas W. S. Demetriades

  • Radar observations of the kinematic, microphysical, and precipitation characteristics of two MCSs in TRMM LBA

    Robert Cifelli;Walter A. Petersen;Lawrence D. Carey;Steven A. Rutledge

  • Mesoscale and Radar Observations of the Fort Collins Flash Flood of 28 July 1997

    Walter A. Petersen;Lawrence D. Carey;Steven A. Rutledge;Jason C. Knievel

  • The Deep Convective Clouds and Chemistry (DC3) Field Campaign

    Mary C. Barth;Christopher A. Cantrell;William H. Brune;Steven A. Rutledge

  • The Midlatitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment (MC3E)

    M. P. Jensen;W. A. Petersen;Aaron R. Bansemer;N. Bharadwaj

  • Correcting Propagation Effects in C-Band Polarimetric Radar Observations of Tropical Convection Using Differential Propagation Phase

    Lawrence D. Carey;Steven A. Rutledge;David A. Ahijevych;Tom D. Keenan

  • Environmental Control of Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Polarity in Severe Storms

    Lawrence D. Carey;Kurt M. Buffalo

  • CSU-CHILL polarimetric radar measurements from a severe hail storm in eastern Colorado

    J. Hubbert;V. N. Bringi;L. D. Carey;S. Bolen

  • THE SHARED MOBILE ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH AND TEACHING RADAR A Collaboration to Enhance Research and Teaching

    Michael I. Biggerstaff;Louis J. Wicker;Jerry Guynes;Conrad Ziegler

  • The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network Informal Education for Scientists and Citizens

    Robert Cifelli;Nolan Doesken;Patrick Kennedy;Lawrence D. Carey

  • The Relationship between Severe Storm Reports and Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Polarity in the Contiguous United States from 1989 to 1998

    Lawrence D. Carey;Steven A. Rutledge;Walter A. Petersen

  • Meteorological Overview of the Devastating 27 April 2011 Tornado Outbreak

    Kevin R. Knupp;Todd A. Murphy;Timothy A. Coleman;Ryan A. Wade

  • Describing the Shape of Raindrop Size Distributions Using Uncorrelated Raindrop Mass Spectrum Parameters

    Christopher R. Williams;V. N. Bringi;Lawrence D. Carey;V. Chandrasekar

  • Environmental control of cloud-to-ground lightning polarity in severe storms during IHOP

    Lawrence D. Carey

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven A. Rutledge
Steven A. Rutledge Colorado State University
Richard J. Blakeslee
Richard J. Blakeslee Marshall Space Flight Center
Steven J. Goodman
Steven J. Goodman National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
V. N. Bringi
V. N. Bringi Colorado State University
Ali Tokay
Ali Tokay University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Daniel J. Cecil
Daniel J. Cecil Marshall Space Flight Center
Donald R. MacGorman
Donald R. MacGorman University of Oklahoma
Kenneth E. Pickering
Kenneth E. Pickering University of Maryland, College Park
Robert Cifelli
Robert Cifelli National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Timothy J. Lang
Timothy J. Lang Marshall Space Flight Center

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