EGU22-1653
https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-1653
EGU General Assembly 2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Measurements of PG during rain, hail, snow and lightning

Konstantinos Kourtidis1, Stergios Misios2, Athanasios Karagioras1, and Ioannis Kosmadakis1
Konstantinos Kourtidis et al.
  • 1School of Engineering, Demokritus University of Thrace, Lab. of Atmospheric Pollution and Pollution Control Engineering of Atmospheric Pollutants, Dept. of Environmental Engineering, Xanthi, Greece (kourtidi@env.duth.gr)
  • 2National Observatory of Athens

We present an analysis of the evolution of PG during the course of rain, hail and snow events at the Xanthi site, N. Greece. In particular, using data from eight rain events in 2021, four hail events in the period 2018-2021 and four snow events during the same period, we examine how the PG frequency distribution changes during the progression of these events and discuss potential implications for the charge of the hydrometeors and the clouds that produce them. We also present some first results from recently started measurements of PG and lightning at the high altitude (2340 m ASL) site of Helmos Observatory, Peloponnese, Greece.

How to cite: Kourtidis, K., Misios, S., Karagioras, A., and Kosmadakis, I.: Measurements of PG during rain, hail, snow and lightning, EGU General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-1653, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-1653, 2022.