Orville, Richard
individual record
Research Professor
Positions:
- Research Professor, Atmospheric Sciences, College of Geosciences
education and training
- Ph.D. in Atmospheric Physics and Dynamics, University of Arizona - (Tucson, Arizona, United States) 1966
- A.B. in Physics, Princeton University - (Princeton, New Jersey, United States) 1958
selected publications
Academic Articles168
- Stolzenburg, M., Marshall, T. C., Karunarathne, S., & Orville, R. E. (2016). Luminosity with intracloud-type lightning initial breakdown pulses and terrestrial gamma-ray flash candidates. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES. 121(18), 10919-10936.
- Warner, T. A., Saba, M., Schumann, C., Jr, H., & Orville, R. E. (2016). Observations of bidirectional lightning leader initiation and development near positive leader channels. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES. 121(15), 9251-9260.
- Saba, M., Schumann, C., Warner, T. A., Ferro, M., de Paiva, A. R., Jr, H. J., & Orville, R. E. (2016). Upward lightning flashes characteristics from high-speed videos. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES. 121(14), 8493-8505.
- Stolzenburg, M., Marshall, T. C., Karunarathne, S., Karunarathna, N., & Orville, R. E. (2015). An M component with a concurrent dart leader traveling along different paths during a lightning flash. JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES. 120(19), 10267-10284.
- Saba, M., Schumann, C., Warner, T. A., Helsdon, J. H., & Orville, R. E. (2015). High-speed video and electric field observation of a negative upward leader connecting a downward positive leader in a positive cloud-to-ground flash. ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS RESEARCH. 118, 89-92.
Conference Papers11
- Murray, N. D., Orville, R. E., Huffines, G. R., AMS, .., & AMS, .. (2000). Effect of pollution from Central American fires on cloud-to-ground lightning in May 1998.. 49-52.
- Samsury, C. E., Black, M. L., Dodge, P. P., Orville, R. E., & SOC, A. M. (1997). Utilization of airborne and NEXRAD data in the analysis of cloud-to-ground lightning in 1995 and 1996 tropical cyclones. 125-126.
- MCMILLAN, S. R., ORVILLE, R. E., & SOC, A. M. (1995). A classification of Texas thunderstorms according to their cloud-to-ground lightning characteristics during spring 1993. 97-102.
- SILVER, A., ORVILLE, R. E., & SOC, A. M. (1995). A climatology of cloud-to-ground lightning for the contiguous United States: 1992-1993. 325-330.
- MOHR, K. I., TORACINTA, E. R., ORVILLE, R. E., ZIPSER, E. J., & SOC, A. M. (1995). A comparison of WSR-88D reflectivities, SSM/I brightness temperatures and lightning for mesoscale convective systems in Texas. 547-552.
researcher on
Principal Investigator3
- Collaborative Research: Lightning Studies in a Polluted Atmosphere awarded by National Science Foundation 2015 - 2019
awards and honors
recent teaching activities
- ATMO491 Research Instructor
- ATMO691 Research Instructor
- ATMO691 Research: In-ab Instructor
chaired theses and dissertations
- Sink, Amanda Marie (2016-08). Developing Forecast Techniques for Lightning Cessation Using Radar, NLDN, and LMA Analyses. (Master's Thesis)
- Cullen, Matthew Ryan (2013-08). The Houston Lightning Mapping Array: Network Installation and Preliminary Analysis. (Master's Thesis)
- Seroka, Gregory Nicholas (2011-05). Radar Nowcasting of Total Lightning over the Kennedy Space Center. (Master's Thesis)
- Mosier, Richard Matthew (2009-12). Radar-Derived Forecasts of Cloud-to-Ground Lightning Over Houston, Texas. (Master's Thesis)
- Ely, Brandon Lee (2008-08). Houston LDAR II network: design, operation, and performance analysis. (Doctoral Dissertation)
Email
rorville@tamu.edu
First Name
Richard
Last Name
Orville
mailing address
Texas A&M University; Meteorology; 3150 TAMU
College Station, TX 77843-3150
USA