Dr. Richard Orville
| Title | Professor and Department Head |
| Research Interests | Director, Cooperative Institute for Applied Meteorological Studies. Severe storms and lightning. |
| Education | Ph. D., University of Arizona |
| Office Location | Room 1204GA, O&M Bldg |
| Office Phone | 979-845-7671 |
| Fax | 979-862-4466 |
| rorville@tamu.edu | |
| Mailing Address |
Department of Atmospheric Sciences Texas A&M University 3150 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3150 |
Research Interests
Severe Storms, Lightning
In cooperation with other faculty, (Drs. Nielsen-Gammon, Carey, Collins and
Zhang) we have developed a comprehensive program on the meteorological characteristics
of lightning associated with lightning discharges to ground. Our instrumentation
base consists of the WSR-88D installations in Texas, access to the National
Lightning Detection Network, and a Total Lightning Detection and Ranging system
(LDAR II) around Houston, which is an element in the TexAQS (Air Quality Study)
II program planned for 2005-2006.
The Cooperative Institute of Applied Meteorological Studies (CIAMS) is one of two National Weather Service Institutes in the Southern Region. This association provides a close research link between Texas A&M University and the National Weather Service. Numerous projects are underway that enable the student to work with NWS personnel. The result is usually a master's or doctoral completion and frequently, employment with the NWS. The current areas of cooperative research include Doppler radar, lightning, severe storms in the Southern Plains, and agriculture.
Selected Publications
Yuan, P, S. S. Kiu, R. E. Orville, Y. J. Zhang, and X. S. Qie, “Spectral properties of lightning return strokes as a function of altitude,” 2003, Geophys. Res. Lett.,. (Submitted).
Steiger, S. and R. E. Orville, 2003, “Cloud-to-ground lightning enhancement over southern Louisiana,” Geophys. Res. Lett., (In Press).
Orville, R. E., G. R. Huffines, W. R. Burrows, R. L. Holle, and K. L. Cummins, 2002, “The North American Lightning Detection Network (NALDN) - First Results: 1998-2000,” Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 8, 2098-2109.
Steiger, S., R. Orville, and G. Huffines, 2002, “Cloud-to-ground lightning characteristics over Houston, Texas: 1989-2000,” J. Geophys. Res. 107, D11, 10.1029/2001JD001142.
Bond, D., S. Steiger, R. Zhang, S. Tie, and R. E. Orville, 2002, “The importance of NOx production by lightning in the tropics,” Atmos. Environment., 36, 1509-1519.
Bond, D. W., R. Zhang, X. Tie, G. Brasseur, G. Huffines, R. Orville, and D. Boccippio, 2001, “NOx production by lightning over the continental United States,” J. Geophys. Res., 106, D21, 27,701-27,710.
Orville, R. E., G. R. Huffines, J. Nielsen-Gammon, R. Zhang, B. Ely, S. Steiger, S. Phillips, S. Allen, and W. Read, 2001, “Enhancement of cloud-to-ground lightning over Houston, Texas,” Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, No. 13, 2597-2600.
Orville, R. E. and G. R. Huffines, 2001, “Cloud-to-ground lightning in the USA: NLDN results in the first decade 1989-1998,” Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, No. 5, 1179-1193.
Murray, N. D., R. E. Orville, and G. R. Huffines, 2000, “Effect of pollution from Central American fires on cloud-to-ground lightning,” Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, (15), August 1, 2000, 2249-2252.
Nesbitt, S. W., R. Zhang, and R. Orville, 2000: “Seasonal and global NOx production by lightning estimated from the Optical Transient Detector (OTD),’ Tellus, Series B, 52, (5), 1206-1215..
Zhang, R. N. T. Sanger, R. Orville, X. Tie, W. Randel and E. R. Williams, March 1, 2000, “Enhances NOx by lightning in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere inferred from the UARS global NO2 measurements,” Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, No. 5, 685-688.
Orville, R. E. 1999: "Comments on large peak cloud-to-ground lightning flashes during the summer months in the contiguous United States," Mon. Wea. Rev., 127, No. 8, 1937-1938..
Orville, R. E. and G. R. Huffines, 1999: "Lightning ground flash measurements over the contiguous United States: 1995-1997," Mon. Wea. Rev., 127 No. 11, 2693-2703.
Gremillion, M. and R. E. Orville, 1999: "Thunderstorm characteristics of cloud-to-ground lightning at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida: A study of lightning initiation signatures as indicated by the WSR-88D radar," Wea. Forecasting, 14, 640-649.
Huffines, G. and R. E. Orville, 1999: "Lightning ground flash density and thunderstorm duration in the continental United States: 1989-96" J. Appl. Meteor, 38, 7, 1013-1019.
Wacker, R. S. and R. E. Orville, 1999: "Changes in measured lightning flash count and return stroke peak current after the 1994 U. S. National Lightning Detection Network upgrade; Part I: Observations," J. Geophys. Res., 104, D2, January 27, 19,791-2151-2157.
Wacker, R. S. and R. E. Orville, 1999: "Changes in measured lightning flash count and return stroke peak current after the 1994 U. S. National Lightning Detection Network upgrade; Part II: Theory," J. Geophys. Res., 104, D2, January 27, 2159-2162.
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