MATLAB Code Supporting "Sea Spray Modulation of Lightning Activity over the Southeastern Mediterranean"
Year: 2026
Type: software
Abstract: This repository contains the MATLAB code used for the analyses presented in the JGR: Atmospheres manuscript “Sea Spray Modulation of Lightning Activity over the Southeastern Mediterranean.” The archived scripts support the processing and analysis of lightning, meteorological, wave, and sea-spray forcing data, including temporal and spatial analyses of lightning activity, assessment of relationships between lightning activity and sea-spray forcing, statistical analyses, and principal component analysis (PCA). The archive also contains scripts used to generate the principal figures and quantitative results reported in the manuscript. A README and script audit are provided to document the purpose of the individual MATLAB scripts, their relationship to the manuscript analyses and figures, required MATLAB toolboxes where applicable, and the organization of the archive. The observational and reanalysis datasets used by these scripts are not redistributed in this repository. Lightning data were obtained from the Earth Networks Total Lightning Network (ENTLN), while meteorological and oceanographic data were obtained from Copernicus products, as described in the manuscript.
Authors: Silverman, Jacob, Asfur, Mustafa
Language: English
Subfield: Atmospheric Science
Field: Earth and Planetary Sciences
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funder: Ministry of Energy, Israel
Award: G6353198441
OpenAlex ID: W7204486110