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Walter A. Lyons is affiliated with the American Meteorological Society in the United States. Their research contributions primarily focus on environmental science, with particular attention to water quality and resources, soil and water nutrient dynamics, and fish ecology and management. These topics reflect the intersection of natural resource management and environmental chemistry within their work.

Their published work spans several specialized subfields, including water science and technology, environmental chemistry, and nature and landscape conservation. Lyons has contributed to both peer-reviewed research articles and professional periodicals related to meteorology and environmental topics.

Frequent publication venues for Lyons include:

  • Weatherwise
  • Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America

Among recent papers authored by Lyons are:

  • "MEGAFLASHES: Just How Long Can a Lightning Discharge Get?", 2020, Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
  • "Photo of the Month", 2020, Weatherwise
  • "Photo of the Month", 2020, Weatherwise
  • "Photo of the Month", 2021, Weatherwise

Lyons has collaborated with various co-authors over their career. These include:

  • Ian Loxley
  • Eric C. Bruning
  • A. Warner
  • Donald R. MacGorman
  • Samantha Edgington

Best Publications

  • A comprehensive meteorological modeling system?RAMS

    R. A. Pielke;W. R. Cotton;R. L. Walko;C. J. Tremback

  • Sprites, ELF Transients, and Positive Ground Strokes.

    Dennis J. Boccippio;Earle R. Williams;Stan J. Heckman;Walter A. Lyons

  • Sprite observations above the U.S. High Plains in relation to their parent thunderstorm systems

    Walter A. Lyons

  • Elves : Lightning-induced transient luminous events in the lower ionosphere

    H. Fukunishi;Y. Takahashi;M. Kubota;K. Sakanoi

  • The Severe Thunderstorm Electrification and Precipitation Study

    Timothy J. Lang;L. Jay Miller;Morris Weisman;Steven A. Rutledge

  • The Influence of Anthropogenic Landscape Changes on Weather in South Florida

    R A Pielke Sr;R L Walko;L T Steyaert;Pier Luigi Vidale

  • Criteria for sprites and elves based on Schumann resonance observations

    E. Huang;E. Williams;R. Boldi;S. Heckman

  • Characteristics of luminous structures in the stratosphere above thunderstorms as imaged by low-light video

    Walter A. Lyons

  • Submillisecond imaging of sprite development and structure

    Steven A. Cummer;Nicolas Jaugey;Jingbo Li;Walter A. Lyons

  • Lightning charge moment changes for the initiation of sprites

    Wenyi Hu;Steven A. Cummer;Walter A. Lyons;Thomas E. Nelson

  • Implications of lightning charge moment changes for sprite initiation

    Steven A. Cummer;Walter A. Lyons

  • Large Peak Current Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Flashes during the Summer Months in the Contiguous United States

    Walter A. Lyons;Marek Uliasz;Thomas E. Nelson

  • Characteristics of sprite-producing positive cloud-to-ground lightning during the 19 July 2000 STEPS mesoscale convective systems

    Walter A. Lyons;Thomas E. Nelson;Earle R. Williams;Steven A. Cummer

  • Photochemical oxidant transport - Mesoscale lake breeze and synoptic-scale aspects

    Walter A. Lyons;Henry S. Cole

  • Detailed Mesometeorological Studies of Air Pollution Dispersion in the Chicago Lake Breeze1

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  • Sprite spectra; N2 1 PG band identification

    S. B. Mende;R. L. Rairden;G. R. Swenson;W. A. Lyons

  • Upward Electrical Discharges From Thunderstorm Tops

    Walter A. Lyons;Thomas E. Nelson;Russell A. Armstrong;Victor P. Pasko

  • The Climatology and Prediction of the Chicago Lake Breeze

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  • Concentric gravity waves in the mesosphere generated by deep convective plumes in the lower atmosphere near Fort Collins, Colorado

    Jia Yue;Sharon L. Vadas;Chiao-Yao She;Takuji Nakamura

  • Lake/Land Breeze Circulations on the Western Shore of Lake Michigan.

    Cecil S. Keen;Walter A. Lyons

  • VLF signatures of ionospheric disturbances associated with sprites

    U. S. Inan;T. F. Bell;V. P. Pasko;D. D. Sentman

  • Polarity asymmetry of sprite‐producing lightning: A paradox?

    E. Williams;E. Downes;R. Boldi;W. Lyons

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven A. Cummer
Steven A. Cummer Duke University
Timothy J. Lang
Timothy J. Lang Marshall Space Flight Center
Steven A. Rutledge
Steven A. Rutledge Colorado State University
Donald R. MacGorman
Donald R. MacGorman University of Oklahoma
Roger A. Pielke
Roger A. Pielke University of Colorado Boulder
Paul R. Krehbiel
Paul R. Krehbiel New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
William Rison
William Rison New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Robert L. Walko
Robert L. Walko University of Miami
Umran S. Inan
Umran S. Inan Stanford University

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