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Characterizing lightning NO x production in the Ebro Valley with meteosat 12 LI and LMA observations

Abstract. Lightning is one of the main sources of NOₓ in the Earth’s atmosphere, yet there is considerable variability in NOₓ production during thunderstorms. In this study, we combined optical lightning data from the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Lightning Imaging (LI) instrum...