Orville, Richard
individual record
Research Professor
Positions:
- Research Professor, Atmospheric Sciences, College of Geosciences
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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 Articles134
- Stolzenburg, M., Marshall, T. C., Karunarathne, S., & Orville, R. E. (2016). Luminosity with intracloudtype lightning initial breakdown pulses and terrestrial gammaray flash candidates. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. 121(18), 10-936.
- Saba, M., Schumann, C., Warner, T. A., Ferro, M., Paiva, A. R., Helsdon, J., & Orville, R. E. (2016). Upward lightning flashes characteristics from highspeed videos. Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres. (14), 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. (19),
- Campos, L., Saba, M., Warner, T. A., Pinto, O., Krider, E. P., & Orville, R. E. (2014). High-speed video observations of natural cloud-to-ground lightning leaders A statistical analysis. Atmospheric Research.
- Warner, T. A., Helsdon, J. H., Bunkers, M. J., Saba, M., & Orville, R. E (2013). UPLIGHTS: Upward Lightning Triggering Study. Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society. 94(5), 631-635.
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.. THIRD SYMPOSIUM ON FIRE AND FOREST METEOROLOGY. 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. 22ND CONFERENCE ON HURRICANES AND TROPICAL METEOROLOGY. 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. NINTH CONFERENCE ON APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY. 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. NINTH CONFERENCE ON APPLIED CLIMATOLOGY. 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. CONFERENCE ON CLOUD PHYSICS. 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 Instructor
- ATMO691 Research: In-ab 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
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