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…90, scale lightning threat from flashes per 5 minutes to flashes per minute to match units in metadata
lisa-bengtsson · Mar 8, 2024 · 26f9514 · 26f9514
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diff --git a/physics/Interstitials/UFS_SCM_NEPTUNE/maximum_hourly_diagnostics.F90 b/physics/Interstitials/UFS_SCM_NEPTUNE/maximum_hourly_diagnostics.F90
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ subroutine maximum_hourly_diagnostics_run(im, levs, reset, lradar, imp_physics,
 !Lightning threat indices
        if (lightning_threat) then
          call lightning_threat_indices
+         ! Lightning threat indices are calculated as flashes per 5 minutes.
+         ! In order to scale that to flashes per minute (standard units),
+         ! we must divide the indices by a factor of 5 / multiply by 0.2
+         ltg1_max = 0.2_kind_phys * ltg1_max
+         ltg2_max = 0.2_kind_phys * ltg2_max
+         ltg3_max = 0.2_kind_phys * ltg3_max
        endif
 
 !Calculate hourly max 1-km agl and -10C reflectivity