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2011 Established in Richard Orville’s Will a College of Geosciences Undergraduate Scholarships with an endowment of $250,000 for up to ten scholarships of $25,000 each.
2016 Established the “Dr. Richard and Barbara Orville” annual undergraduate scholarship in the College of Geosciences with an endowment of $25,000. First award to be given in the summer of 2016.
Dr. Orville, in cooperation with other faculty, (Drs. Nielsen-Gammon, Schumacher and Zhang) has developed a comprehensive program on the meteorological characteristics of lightning associated with lightning discharges to ground. This instrumentation base consists of the WSR-88D installations in Texas, access to the National Lightning Detection Network (NLDN), which Orville established in the 1980’s, and a recent installation of a total Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) around Houston. He has over 150 reviewed publications identified in ResearcherID.
My research focuses on a wide range of topics using the National Lightning Detection Network (NLDN) with a database of CG lightning from June 1983 to the present. The Houston Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) is a recent addition to our research projects and detects all lightning emissions, both CG and IC emissions, within 200 km of Houston. The effects of lightning on the environment are a key focus of our research.
We have discovered and mapped the emissions from lightning in the 400-900 nm wavelength range. In particular, NASA satellites map lightning on planet Earth, 24 hours per day, following our discovery of the strong emissions from the first multiplet of oxygen (OI) atoms at 777.4 nm.
Lightning imagery is a tool developed over the last few decades to reveal the details of spectral emissions in the 400-900 nanometer wavelength range. Time-resolved streaking imagery on a microsecond time scale has revealed the stroke temperature, electron density, pressure, and singly ionized and neutral species concentrations as a function of time.
Dr. Orville is active in national atmospheric science programs having served 4 years on the Council of the American Geophysical Union (AGU) as atmospheric sciences section president and president-elect, 12 years on the Council of the American Meteorological Society (AMS) as Commissioner of Education and Commissioner of Publications, and 6 years as a member of the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Board, serving the last year as UCAR vice-president. He is a Fellow of the AMS and the AGU.
2) Saba, M. F., C. Schumann, T. A. Warner, M. A. Ferro, A. R. De Paiva, J. Helsdon, R. E. Orville, (2016), “Upward flashes characteristics from high-speed videos,” J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. 121, doi:10.1002/2016JD025137.
J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 120, 3408-3435, doi: 10.1002/2014JD022933.
14) Stolzenburg, M., T. C. Marshall, S. Karunarathne, N. Karunarathna, L. E. Vickers, T. A. Warner, R. E. Orville and H.-D. Betz (2013), Luminosity of initial breakdown in lightning, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50276.
15) Saba, M. M. F., C. Schumann, T. A. Warner, J. H. Helsdon Jr., W. Schulz, and R. E. Orville (2013), Bipolar cloud-to-ground lightning flash observations, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 118, doi:10.1002/jgrd.50804.
16) Warner, T. A., J. H. Helsdon, M. J. Bunkers, M. M. F. Saba, and R.E. Orville, 2013: “UPLIGHTS: Upward Lightning Triggering Study,” Bulletin of the Amer. Meteor. Soc., 94, No. 5, 631-635.
17) Stolzenburg, M., T. C. Marshall, S. Karunarathne, N. Karunarathna, T, A. Warner, and R. E. Orville, (2013), Stepped-to-dart leaders preceding lightning return strokes, J. Geophys. Res., 118, doi: 10.1002/jgrd.50706.
18) Campos, L., M. F. Saba., T. A. Warner, O. P. Pinto, E. P. Krider, K. L. Cummins, and R. E. Orville, (2013), “High-speed video observations of natural cloud-to-ground lightning leaders – a statistical analysis”, Atmospheric Research, Elsevier.
24) Stolzenburg, M., T. C. Marshall, S. Karunarathne, N. Karunarathna, T. A. Warner, R. E. Orville, and H.-D. Betz, (2012), Strokes of upward illumination occurring within a few milliseconds after typical lightning return strokes, J. Geophys. Res., 117, D15203, doi:10.1029/2012JD017654.
25) Seroka, G. N., R. E. Orville, and C. Schumacher, 2012, “Radar nowcasting of total lightning over the Kennedy Space Center,” Weather and Forecasting, 189-204, vol. 27, Issue 1.
28) Orville, R. E., G. R. Huffines, W. R. Burrows, and K. Cummins, 2011, “The North American Lightning Detection Network (NALDN): Analysis of Flash Data – 2001-2009,” Mon. Weather Rev., doi: 10.1175/2010MWR3452.1, p.1305-1322.
29) Saba, M., W. Schulz, T. Warner, S. Campos, C. Schumann, E. Krider, K. Cummins, and R. Orville, 2010, “High-speed video observations of positive lightning flashes to ground, “. J. Geophysical Research. [115, D24201, doi:10.1029/2010JD014330, 16 December 2010.
30) Keeler, J., S. Steiger, R. Hamilton, and R. Orville, 2009, “Lake -effect thunderstorms in the lower great lakes,” J. Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Vol. 48, No 5, 889-902.
31) Hodapp, C.L., L.D. Carey, and R.E. Orville, 2008, Evolution of radar reflectivity and total lightning characteristics of the 21 April 2006 mesoscale convective system over Texas, Atmos. Res., doi:10.1016/j.atmosres. 2008.01.007, Vol. 89/1-2 pp 113-137.
32) Ely, B., Orville, R. E., L. D. Carey, and C. L. Hodapp, 2008, “Evolution of the total lightning structure in a leading –line, trailing-stratiform mesoscale convective system over Houston, Texas” J. Geophys. Res., Vol. 113, No. D08114, doi10.1029/2007JD008445.
33) Orville, R. E., 2008, “Development of the National Lightning Detection Network” Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 89, No. 2, 180-190.
35) Steiger, S., R. E. Orville, and L. D. Carey, 2007 “Total lightning signatures of thunderstorm intensity, Part I: Supercells,” Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 3281-3302.
36) Steiger, S, R. E. Orville, and L. D. Carey, 2007 “Total lightning signatures of thunderstorm intensity, Part II: Mesoscale convection systems,” Mon. Wea. Rev., 135, 3303-3324.
37) Gauthier, M. L., W. A. Petersen, L. D. Carey, and R. E. Orville, 2005, “Dissecting the anomaly – A closer look at the documented enhancement in summer time ground flash densities in and around the Houston area,” Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol.32,No.10,L10810 10.1029/2005GL022725 24 May 2005.
38) Ely, B. and R. E. Orville, 2005, “High percentage of positive lightning along the USA West Coast,” Geophys. Res. Lett., Vol.32,No.9,L09815 10.1029/2005GL022782 14 May 2005.
39) Steiger, S. and R. E. Orville, 2003, “Cloud-to-ground lightning enhancement over southern Louisiana,” Geophys. Res. Lett., 30, No. 19, 1975, doi: 10.1029/2003GL017923.
40) Orville, R. E., G. R. Huffines, W. R. Burrows, R. L. Holle, and K. L. Cummins, 2002, “The North American Lightning Detection Network (NALDN) - First Results: 1998-2000,” Mon. Wea. Rev., 130, 8, 2098-2109.
41) Steiger, S., R. Orville, and G. Huffines, 2002, “Cloud-to-ground lightning characteristics over Houston, Texas: 1989-2000,” J. Geophys. Res. 107, D11, 10.1029/2001JD001142.
42) Bond, D., S. Steiger, R. Zhang, S. Tie, and R. E. Orville, 2002, “The importance of NOx production by lightning in the tropics,” Atmos. Environment., 36, 1509-1519.
43) Bond, D. W., R. Zhang, X. Tie, G. Brasseur, G. Huffines, R. Orville, and D. Boccippio, 2001, “NOx production by lightning over the continental United States,” J. Geophys. Res., 106, D21, 27,701-27,710.
44) Orville, R. E., G. R. Huffines, J. Nielsen-Gammon, R. Zhang, B. Ely, S. Steiger, S. Phillips, S. Allen, and W. Read, 2001, “Enhancement of cloud-to-ground lightning over Houston, Texas,” Geophys. Res. Lett., 28, No. 13, 2597-2600.
45) Orville, R. E. and G. R. Huffines, 2001, “Cloud-to-ground lightning in the USA: NLDN results in the first decade 1989-1998,” Mon. Wea. Rev., 129, No. 5, 1179-1193.
46) Murray, N. D., R. E. Orville, and G. R. Huffines, 2000, “Effect of pollution from Central American fires on cloud-to-ground lightning,” Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, (15), August 1, 2000, 2249-2252.
47) Nesbitt, S. W., R. Zhang, and R. Orville, 2000: “Seasonal and global NOx production by lightning estimated from the Optical Transient Detector (OTD),’ Tellus, Series B, 52, (5), 1206-1215.
48) Zhang, R. N. T. Sanger, R. Orville, X. Tie, W. Randel and E. R. Williams, March 1, 2000, “Enhances NOx by lightning in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere inferred from the UARS global NO2 measurements,” Geophys. Res. Lett., 27, No. 5, 685-688.
49) Orville, R. E. 1999: "Comments on large peak cloud-to-ground lightning flashes during the summer months in the contiguous United States," Mon. Wea. Rev., 127, No. 8, 1937-1938.
50) Orville, R. E. and G. R. Huffines, 1999: "Lightning ground flash measurements over the contiguous United States: 1995-1997, Mon. Wea. Rev., 127, No. 11, 2693-2703.
51) Gremillion, M. and R. E. Orville, 1999: "Thunderstorm characteristics of cloud-to-ground lightning at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida: A study of lightning initiation signatures as indicated by the WSR-88D radar," Wea. Forecasting, 14, October, 640-649.
52) Huffines, G. and R. E. Orville, 1999: "Lightning ground flash density and thunderstorm duration in the continental United States: 1989-96” J. Appl. Meteor, 38, 7, 1013-1019.
53) Wacker, R. S. and R. E. Orville, 1999: “Changes in measured lightning flash count and return stroke peak current after the 1994 U. S. National Lightning Detection Network upgrade; Part I: Observations,” J. Geophys. Res., 104, D2, January 27, 19,791-2151-2157.
54) Wacker, R. S. and R. E. Orville, 1999: “Changes in measured lightning flash count and return stroke peak current after the 1994 U. S. National Lightning Detection Network upgrade; Part II: Theory,” J. Geophys. Res., 104, D2, January 27, 2159-2162.
55) Mackerras D., M. Darveniza, R. E. Orville, E. R. Williams and S. Goodman, 1998: “Global lightning total, cloud and ground flash estimates,” J. Geophys. Res., 103, D16, August 27, 19,791-19,809, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/98JD01461.
56) Hodanish, S., D. Sharp, W. Collins, C. Paxton, and R. E. Orville, 1997: “A ten-year monthly lightning climatology of Florida: 1986 through 1995,” Wea. Forecasting, 12, 3, 437-446.
57) Sheridan, S. C., J. F. Griffiths, and R. E. Orville, 1997: “Cloud-to-ground lightning precipitation relationships in the South Central United States,” Wea. Forecasting, 12, 3, 447-456.
58) Perez, A., L. J. Wicker, and R. E. Orville, 1997: “Characteristics of cloud-to-ground lightning associated with violent tornadoes,” Wea Forecasting, 12, 3, 427-436.
59) Orville, R. E., E. J. Zipser, M. Brook, C. Weidman, G. Aulich, E. P. Krider, H. Christian, S. Goodman, R. Blakeslee, and K. Cummins, 1997: “Lightning in the Region of the TOGA COARE,” Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 78, 1055-1067.
60) Orville, R. E. and A. C. Silver: 1997, “Lightning ground flash density in the contiguous United States: 1992-1995,” Mon. Wea. Rev., 124, 4, 631-638.
61) Livingston, E. R., J. W. Nielsen-Gammon, and R. E. Orville, 1996, “A climatology, synoptic assessment, and thermodynamic evaluation for cloud-to-ground lightning in Georgia: A study for the 1996 summer Olympics,” Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 77, 7, 1483-1495.
62) Toracinta E. R., K. I. Mohr, E. J. Zipser, and R. E. Orville, 1996: “A comparison of WSR-88D reflectivities, SSM/I brightness temperatures, and lightning for mesoscale convective systems in Texas, Part I: Radar reflectivity and lightning,” J. Appl. Meteor., 35, 6, 902-918.
63) Mohr, K. I., E. R. Toracinta, E. J. Zipser, and R. E. Orville, 1996: “A comparison of WSR-88D reflectivities, SSM/I brightness temperatures, and lightning for mesoscale convective systems in Texas, Part II: SSM/I brightness temperatures and lightning,” J. Appl. Meteor., 35, 6, 919-931.
64) Lucas, C. and R. E. Orville, 1996: “TOGA COARE: Oceanic lightning,” Mon. Wea. Rev., 124, 9, 2077-2082.
65) Petersen, W. A., S. A. Rutledge and R. E. Orville, 1996: “Cloud-to-ground lightning observations from TOGA COARE: Selected results and lightning location algorithms,” Mon. Wea. Rev., 124, 4, 602-620.
66) Jordan, D. M., V. P. Idone, R. E. Orville, V. A. Rakov, and M. A. Uman, 1995: “Luminosity characteristics of lightning M-components,” J. Geophys. Res., 100, D12, 25695-25700, Dec. 20.
67) Samsury, C. E. and R. E. Orville, 1994: “Cloud-to-ground lightning in tropical cyclones: A study of Hurricanes Hugo (1989) and Jerry (1989),” Mon. Wea. Rev., 122, No. 8, 1887-1896, August.
68) Orville, R. E., 1994: “Cloud-to-ground lightning flash characteristics in the contiguous United States: 1989-1991,” J. Geophys. Res., 99, No. D5, 10833-10841.
69) Orville, R. E. 1993: "Cloud-to-ground lightning in the Blizzard of '93," Geophys. Res. Lett., 20, No. 13, 1367-1370, July 9.
70) Rodriguez, J. V., U. S. Inan, W. C. Armstrong, Y. Q. Li, R. H. Holzworth, A. J. Smith, T. J. Rosenberg, and R. E. Orville, 1992: "A case study of lightning, whistlers, and associated ionospheric effects during a substorm particle injection event," J. Geophys. Res., 97, No. A1, 65-75.
71) Orville, R. E., 1991: "Calibration of a magnetic direction finding network using measured triggered lightning return stroke peak currents," J. Geophys. Res., 96, D9, 17135‑17142.
72) Yip, W. Y., U. S. Inan, and R. E. Orville, 1991: "On the spatial relationship between lightning discharges and propagation paths of the perturbed subionospheric VLF/LF signals," J. Geophys. Res., 96, A1, 249-258.
73) Orville, R. E., 1991: "Lightning ground flash density in the contiguous United States‑1989," Mon. Wea. Rev., 119, 2, 573‑577.
74) Cooray, V. and R. E. Orville, 1990: "The effect of variation of current amplitude, current rise time, and return stroke velocity along the return stroke channel on the electromagnetic fields generated by return strokes," J. Geophys. Res., 95, D11, 18617‑18630.
75) Moore, P. K., and R. E. Orville, 1990: "Lightning characteristics in lake-effect thunderstorms," Mon. Wea. Rev., 118, 9, 1767‑1782.
76) Orville, R. E., 1990: "Winter lightning along the East Coast," Geophys. Res. Lett., 17, 6, 713‑715.
77) Reap, R. M. and R. E. Orville, 1990: "The relationships between network lightning locations and surface hourly observations of thunderstorms," Mon. Wea. Rev., 118, 1, 94‑108.
78) Orville, R. E., 1990: "Lightning return stroke peak current variation as a function of latitude," Nature, 342, 6254, 149‑151.
79) Idone, V. P. and R. E. Orville, 1990: "Delimiting 'thunderstorm watch' periods by real-time lightning location for a power utility company," Wea. Forecasting, 5, 1, 139‑147.
80) Williams, E. R., M. E. Weber, and R. E. Orville, 1989: "The relationship between lightning type and convective state of thunderclouds," J. Geophys. Res., 94, D11, 13,213‑13,220.
81) Carpenter, D. and R. Orville, 1989: "The excitation of active whistler-mode signal paths in the magnetosphere by lightning; two case studies," J. Geophys. Res., 94, A7, 8886‑8894.
82) Cooray, V. and R. Orville, 1989: "Loran-C timing errors caused by propagation over finitely conducting ground", Radio Science, 24, 2, 179‑182.
83) Willett, J. C., V. P. Idone, R. E. Orville, C. Leteinturier, A. Eybert-Berard, L. Barrett and E. P. Krider, 1988: "An experimental test of the transmission-line model of electromagnetic radiation from triggered lightning return strokes", J. Geophys. Res., 93, 3867‑3878.
84) Inan, U. S., D. C. Shafer, W. Y. Yip, and R. E. Orville, 1988: "Subionospheric vlf signatures of nighttime D-region perturbations in the vicinity of lightning discharges, J. Geophys. Res., 93, A10, 11455‑11472.
85) Inan, U. S. W. C. Burgess, T. G. Wolf, D. C. Shafer, and R. E. Orville, 1988: "Lightning associated precipitation of Mev electrons from the inner radiation belt", Geophys. Res. Lett., 15, 172‑175.
86) Idone, V. P. and R. E. Orville, 1988: "Channel tortuosity variation in Florida triggered lightning" Geophys. Res. Lett., 15, 645‑648.
87) Orville, R. E., R. W. Henderson and L. F. Bosart, 1988: "Bipole patterns revealed by lightning locations in mesoscale storm systems", Geophys. Res. Lett., 15, 129‑132.
88) Orville, R. E. and H. Songster, 1987: "The East Coast lightning detection network", IEEE Transactions on Power Delivery, PWRD‑2 (3), 899‑907.
89) Idone, V. P., R. E. Orville, D. Rust, and D. Mach, 1987: "The propagation speed of a positive lightning return stroke", Geophys. Res. Lett., 14, 1150‑1153.
90) Orville, R. E., R. A. Weisman, R. B. Pyle, R. W. Henderson and R. E. Orville, Jr., 1987: "Cloud-to-ground lightning flash characteristics from June 1984 through May 1985", J. Geophysical Research, 92, 5640‑5644.
91) Orville, R. E., 1987: "Meteorological applications of lightning data", Reviews of Geophysics, 25, 411‑414.
92) Orville, R. E. and R. W. Henderson, 1986: "Global distribution of midnight lightning, September 1977 to August 1978", Mon. Wea. Rev., 114, 12, 2640‑2653.
93) Orville, R. E., 1986: "Lightning phenomenology" Studies in geophysics, The Earth's Electrical Environment, National Academy Press, Washington, DC, 23‑39.
94) Orville, R. E., R. B. Pyle and R. W. Henderson, 1986: "The East Coast lightning detection network", IEEE Transactions of Power Systems, PWRS‑1, 243‑246.
95) Idone, V. P. and R. E. Orville, 1985: "Correlated peak relative light intensity and peak current in triggered lightning subsequent return strokes", J. Geophys. Res., 90, 6159‑6162.
96) Brook, M., C. Rhodes, O. H. Vaughan, Jr., B. Vonnegut, and R. Orville, 1985: "Nighttime observations of thunderstorm electrical activity from a high altitude airplane", J. Geophys. Res., 90, 6111‑6120.
97) Orville, R. E. and R. W. Henderson, 1984: "Absolute spectral irradiance measurements of lightning from 375 to 880 nm", J. Atmospheric Sciences, 41, 3180‑3187, 1984.
98) Idone, V. P., R. E. Orville, P. Hubert, L. Barrett and A. Eybert-Berard, 1984: "Correlated observation of three triggered lightning flashes", J. Geophys. Res., 89, 1385‑1394.
99) Idone, V. P., R. E. Orville, and R. W. Henderson, 1984: "Ground truth: A positive cloud-to-ground lightning flash", J. Appl. Meteor., 23, 1148‑1151.
100)Idone, V. P. and R. E. Orville, 1984: "Three unusual strokes in a triggered lightning flash", J. Geophys. Res., 89, 7311‑7316.
101)Borucki, W. J., J. S. Levine, G. A. Harvey, W. E. Howell, and R. E. Orville, 1983: "Laboratory simulation of Venusian lightning", Geophys. Res. Lett., 10, 961‑964.
102)Orville, R. E., R. W. Henderson and L. F. Bosart, 1983: "An East Coast lightning detection network", Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 64, 1029‑1037.
103)Davis, M. H., M. Brook, H. Christian, B. G. Heikes, C. G. Park, R. G. Roble, B. Vonnegut, and R. Orville, 1983: "Some scientific objectives of a satellite-borne lightning mapper", Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 64, 114‑119.
104)Christian, H. J., R. L. Frost, P. H. Gillaspy, S. J. Goodman, O. H. Vaughan, Jr., M. Brook, B. Vonnegut, and R. E. Orville, 1983: "Observations of optical lightning emissions from above thunderstorms using U‑2 aircraft", Bulletin of American Meteorological Society, 64, 120‑123.
105)Orville, R. E. and V. P. Idone, 1982: "Lightning leader characteristics in the Thunderstorm Research International Program (TRIP)", J. Geophys. Res., 87, 11177‑11192.
106)Levine, J. S., G. L. Gregory, G. A. Harvey, W. E. Howell, W. J. Borucki, and R. E. Orville, 1982: "Production of nitric oxide by lightning on Venus", Geophys. Res. Lett., 9, 893‑896.
107)Idone, V. P. and R. E. Orville, 1982: "Lightning return stroke velocities in the Thunderstorm Research International Program (TRIP)", J. Geophys. Res., 87, 4903‑4915.
108)Orville, R. E., 1982: "Lightning detection from space", Handbook of Atmospherics, Volume II, edited by H. Volland, CRC Press (Boca Raton, Florida), 79‑98.
109)Orville, R. E., 1981: "Global distribution of midnight lightning-September to November 1977", Mon. Wea. Rev., 109, 391‑395.
110)Orville, R. E., 1980: “Daylight spectra of individual lightning flashes in the 370‑690 nm region", J. Appl. Meteor., 19, 470‑473.
111)Orville, R. E. and D. W. Spencer, 1979: "Global lightning flash frequency" Mon. Wea. Rev., 107, 934‑943.
112)Orville, R. E., G. G. Lala and V. P. Idone, 1978: "Daylight time-resolved photographs of lightning", Science, 201, 59‑61.
113)Orville, R. E., 1978: "Atmospheric science degrees in the United States, 1967‑1977", Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 50, 623‑626.
114)Orville, R. E., 1978: "Lightning", McGraw Hill Yearbook of Science and Technology‑1978, McGraw-Hill, Inc. 242‑243.
115)Orville, R. E. and B. Vonnegut, 1977: "Lightning detection from satellites", Electrical Processes in Atmospheres, edited by H. Dolezalek and R. Reiter, Steinkopff Verlag (Darmstadt), 750‑753.
116)Orville, R. E. and K. Berger, 1977: "Spectroscopic and electric current measurements of lightning at the Monte San Salvatore Observatory, Lugano, Switzerland, Electrical Processes in Atmospheres, edited by H. Dolezalek and R. Reiter, Steinkopff Verlag (Darmstadt), 633‑641.
117)Orville, R. E., 1977: "Lightning spectroscopy," Lightning, Volume 1, Physics of Lightning, edited by R. H. Golde, Academic Press (London), 281‑308.
118)Orville, R. E., 1977: "Wind profile in the sub-cloud layers of a thunderstorm", J. Geophys. Res., 82, 3453‑3456.
119)Orville, R. E., 1977: "Bolts from the blue", Natural History, 86, 66‑73, (reproduced by the United States Information Agency for distribution in Eastern Europe and Russia).
120)Orville, R. E., 1976: "The lightning discharge," The Physics Teacher, 14, 7‑13.
121)Orville, R. E., 1976: "Review of 'Clouds, Rain and Rainmaking' by B. J. Mason," 2nd edition, Cambridge University Press, The Physics Teacher, 14, 582‑583.
122)Orville, R. E. and J. Boyle, 1976: "Return stroke velocity measurements in multi-stroke lightning flashes", J. Geophys. Res., 81, 4461‑4466.
123)Orville, R. E., 1975: "Spectrum of the lightning dart leader", Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 32, 1829‑1837.
124) Orville, R. E., J. Helsdon and W. Evans, 1974: "Quantitative analysis of a lightning return stroke for diameter and luminosity changes as a function of space and time," J. Geophys. Res., 69, 4059‑4067.
125) Orville, R. E. and J. Helsdon, 1974: "Pseudo-color densitometer analysis--The Apollo 17/Saturn V exhaust plume", Journal of Applied Optics, 13, 2197‑2202.
126) Orville, R. E., L. F. Bosart, T. Chen and H. Roesli, 1974: "A preliminary study of the synoptic conditions associated with lightning flashes over Mt. San Salvatore, Lugano, Switzerland", Tellus, 26, 495‑505.
127) Krider, E. P., R. Noggle, M. A. Uman, and R. E. Orville, 1974: "Lightning and the Apollo 17/Saturn V exhaust plume", Spacecraft and Rockets, 11, 72‑75.
128) McGee-Russell, S. and R. Orville, 1973: "Aspects of image analysis of high voltage micrographs of air-dried and critical-point-dried whole mounts of pseudopodial networks of the marine protozoan allogromia (foraminifera)--Hand methods and electronic methods", Proceedings of the Royal Meteorological Society-London, 155‑162.
129) Orville, R. E. and K. Berger, 1973: "An unusual lightning flash initiated by an upward-propagating leader", J. Geophys. Res., 78, 21, 4520‑4525.
130) Orville, R. E. 1972: "Comments on 'Precipitation processes revealed by cosmogenic radionuclide scavenging'," Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 29, 787.
131) Orville, R. E. and L E. Salanave, 1970: "Lightning spectroscopy--photographic techniques", Journal of Applied Optics, 9, 8, 1775‑1781.
132) Orville, R. E., 1969: "Time-resolved characteristics of the lightning return stroke", in Planetary Electrodynamics, edited by S. C. Coroniti and J. Hughes, Gordon and Breach, New York, 467‑483.
133) Uman, M. A., A.M. Sletten, E. P. Krider, and R. E. Orville, 1968: "Four-meter sparks in air", Journal of Applied Physics, 39, 11, 5162‑5168.
134) Orville, R. E., 1968: "Photograph of a close lightning flash", Science, 162, 666‑667.
135) Orville, R. E., 1968: "Spectrum of the lightning stepped leader", J. Geophys. Res., 73, 22, 6999‑7008.
136) Dawson, G., M. A. Uman, and R. E. Orville, 1968: "Discussion of the paper by Hill and Robb, 'Pressure pulse from a lightning stroke'", J. Geophys. Res., 73, 20, 6595‑6597.
137) Orville, R. E., 1968: "A high-speed time-resolved spectroscopic study of the lightning return stroke: Part III., A time-dependent model, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 25, 5, 827‑838.
138) Orville, R. E., 1968: "A high-speed time-resolved spectroscopic study of the lightning return stroke: Part II., A quantitative analysis, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 25, 5, 839‑851.
139) Orville, R. E., 1968: "A high-speed time-resolved spectroscopic study of the lightning return stroke: Part I., A qualitative analysis, Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 25, 5, 827‑838.
140) Orville, R. E., 1967: "Ozone production during thunderstorms, measured by the absorption of ultraviolet radiation from lightning", J. Geophys. Res., 72, 14, 3557‑3561.
141) Uman, M. A., A.M. Sletten, and R. E. Orville, 1967: "Temperature and electron density in long air sparks", Journal of Applied Physics, 38, 895‑896.
142) Orville, R. E., 1966: "High-speed time-resolved slitless spectrum of a lightning stroke", Science 151, 451‑452.
143) Uman, M. A. and R. E. Orville, 1965: "The opacity of lightning", J. Geophys. Res., 70, 22, 5491‑5497.
144) Uman, M. A. and R. E. Orville, 1965: "The optical continuum of lightning", J. Geophys. Res., 70, 3, 279‑282.
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1958‑1959: U. S. Army; 1st Lt., Honorable discharge from the U. S. Army Reserve, 1966.
1959‑1960: Proctor and Gamble Manufacturing Company, Baltimore, MD.
1960‑1961: Research Assistant; Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
1961‑1966: Research Assistant, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ.
1966‑1968: Senior scientist, Westinghouse Research Laboratories, Pittsburgh, PA.
1970-71: Associate Program Director, Physical Meteorology, National Science Foundation, Washington DC.
1991-2003: Research Scientist and Fellow, Cooperative Institute for Applied Meteorological Studies, and Distinguished Lecturer, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
a. Committee on Atmospheric Electricity, Chairman, 1970‑1972.
b. Organized symposium on education in the atmospheric sciences, AMS Annual Meeting, January 1972, New Orleans (with Edward Epstein, Peter Gilman and Walter Orr Roberts).
c. Board of Meteorological Education in Universities, 1969‑1975.
f. Arranged first meeting of the heads and chairmen of atmospheric science departments in the United States, Boulder, Colorado, October 12‑13, 1977 (with Donald R. Johnson). Meetings continue today on a biennial basis.
h. Publications Commission, Chairman 1986-1992.
Created (2011) the American Meteorological Society, “Orville Family Endowed Scholarship” with a current value of approximately $400K, which recognizes the Orville family’s 85+ years of continuous AMS service, which began in 1928 when H. T. Orville joined the AMS and began graduate work at MIT.
2. American Association for the Advancement of Science Chautauqua lecturer on atmospheric electricity, 1972‑1973.
3. National Academy of Sciences weather modification panel, 1972‑1973.
4. National Research Council panel for review of postdoctoral research associateships, 1980.
5. University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR).
a. NCAR-University Relations Committee, 1972‑1974.
b. Ad-hoc UCAR Reorganization Committee, 1973‑1974.
c. Search Committee: Special Assistant for University affairs, 1974‑1975.
d. Scientific Programs Evaluation Committee Review Panel for the Advanced Study Program (1976), Chairman (1979).
e. UCAR/AMS Evaluation Committee on Computer-Driven Video Display Systems for Research and Teaching in Atmospheric Science, 1978‑1980.
b. Associate Editor, AGU Geophysical Research Letters, 1978‑1982.
c. Member Board of Editors for "Handbook of Applied Meteorology", John Wiley, Inc. with H. Panofsky, H. Landsberg, D. Houghton, R. Serafin, T. VonderHaar, and S. Changnon, published 1985.
h. Guest Editor, Monthly Weather Review Special Issue on Thunderstorm Electrification and Lightning, August 1994.
i. Member, Editorial Board, Glossary of Meteorology, 2nd Edition, 2002.
j. Editor, new AGU electronic journal: Editor’s Choice: Atmospheric and Space Electricity, January 2002-2007.
d. Chairman, Organizing Committee, VII International Conference on Atmospheric Electricity held at State University of New York at Albany, Albany, New York, June 1984.
9. Universities Space Research Association and Review Committee on Atmospheric Electricity (1978‑1979) with R. Braham, A. Dessler, A. Few, J. Firor, M. Davis and C. Park.
Lightning Detection and Ranging (LDAR II) Network Operation and Analyses over a Highly Polluted City – Houston, Texas.

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