Articles | Volume 21, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-267-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-267-2017
Research article
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11 Jan 2017
Research article |  | 11 Jan 2017

Improving the precipitation accumulation analysis using lightning measurements and different integration periods

Erik Gregow, Antti Pessi, Antti Mäkelä, and Elena Saltikoff

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A new lightning data assimilation method has been implemented and validated within the Finnish Meteorological Institute – Local Analysis and Prediction System. Lightning data do improve the analysis when no radars are available, and even with radar data, lightning data have a positive impact on the results. We also investigate the usage of different time integration intervals: 1, 6, 12, 24 h and 7 days, where the 1 h integration time length gives the best results.