Alex Ortiz

Flow Mapping Applications Related to Severe Storm Development

• Purpose: To construct an accurate rain-field by using quick and accessible lightning data.

• Currently, satellite rainfall estimates are not retrieved instantaneously, but are delayed.

• Lightning data can be gathered more quickly.

• Motion vectors are generated by calculating the maximum correlation between each time interval within the lightning density data.

Figure 1: Lightning densiity and motion sensors

Figure 2: Projections of rainfall estimates

Figure 3: Measurement of the directional flow field.

Figure 4: Currently constructing a flow field similar to a hurricane to simulate the movement of its rain field.