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  1. Comparing lightning Superbolts detected independently in the optical and VLF ranges

    Article • March 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Yoav Yair

  2. Simulating the possible regions of delayed sprite inception above thunderstorms using piecewise-varying lightning current time dependence 

    Article • March 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Yoav Yair

  3. The JANUS (Jovis Amorum ac Natorum Undique Scrutator) VIS-NIR Multi-Band Imager for the JUICE Mission

    Article • Space Science Reviews, March 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yoav Yair

  4. Towards predicting lightning and TLE’s in exoplanetary atmospheres 

    Article • March 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Yoav Yair

  5. Simulating possible regions of delayed sprite inception above thunderstorms using piecewise-varying lightning discharge time dependence

    Article • Advances in Space Research, March 2025, Elsevier

    Yoav Yair

  6. Observations of thunderstorms with a neuromorphic camera: First results of the THOR-DAVIS experiment on the International Space Station.

    Article • January 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Yoav Yair

  7. Cloud to surface lightning activity in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea in the context of marine infrastructure safety

    Article • Geomatics Natural Hazards and Risk, January 2025, Taylor & Francis

    Yoav Yair

  8. Lightning Used to Follow Ship-Tracks in Eastern Mediterranean Winter Thunderstorms

    Article • January 2025, Elsevier

    Yoav Yair

  9. Understanding heavy precipitation events in southern Israel through atmospheric electric field observations

    Article • Atmospheric Research, January 2025, Elsevier

    Yoav Yair

  10. Numerical simulations of the region of possible sprite inception in the mesosphere above winter thunderstorms under wind shear

    Article • Advances in Space Research, December 2024, Elsevier

    Yoav Yair

  11. Lightning response to temperature and aerosols

    Article • Environmental Research Letters, August 2024, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Yoav Yair

  12. Space-based optical imaging of blue corona discharges on a cumulonimbus cloud top

    Article • Atmospheric Research, August 2024, Elsevier

    Yoav Yair

  13. Lightning superbolts follow ship-tracks in Eastern Mediterranean winter thunderstorms

    Article • July 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Yoav Yair

  14. Thunderstorm Ground Enhancement (TGE) Signatures in the Eastern Mediterranean Using Gamma Ray and Atmospheric Electricity Measurements

    Article • March 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Yoav Yair

  15. Lightning follows ship-tracks in Eastern Mediterranean winter thunderstorms.

    Article • March 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Yoav Yair

  16. Understanding Heavy Precipitation Events in Southern Israel Through High-Resolution Atmospheric Electric Field Observations

    Article • January 2024, Elsevier

    Yoav Yair

  17. No Response of Surface-Level Atmospheric Electrical Parameters in Israel to Severe Space Weather Events

    Article • Atmosphere, November 2023, MDPI AG

    Yoav Yair

  18. The Response of Surface-Level Atmospheric Electrical Parameters in Israel to Severe Space Weather Events

    Article • October 2023, MDPI AG

    Yoav Yair

  19. Observing lightning and transient luminous events from the international space station during ILAN-ES: An astronaut's perspective

    Article • Acta Astronautica, October 2023, Elsevier

    Yoav Yair

  20. How to reduce Africa’s undue exposure to climate risks

    Article • Nature, August 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yoav Yair

  21. Predicting Eastern Mediterranean Flash Floods Using Support Vector Machines with Precipitable Water Vapor, Pressure, and Lightning Data

    Article • Remote Sensing, June 2023, MDPI AG

    Yoav Yair

  22. The effects of fog on the atmospheric electrical field close to the surface

    Article • May 2023, Copernicus GmbH

    Yoav Yair

  23. Aerosol Impacts on Storm Electrification and Lightning Discharges Under Different Thermodynamic Environments

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, April 2023, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Yoav Yair

  24. Spatial variability of lightning intensity over the Mediterranean sea correlates with seawater properties

    Article • Scientific Reports, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yoav Yair

  25. The Effects of Fog on the Atmospheric Electrical Field Close to the Surface

    Article • Atmosphere, March 2023, MDPI AG

    Yoav Yair

  26. Space-Based Optical Imaging of Blue Corona Discharges on Cumulonimbus Cloud Tops

    Article • January 2023, Elsevier

    Yoav Yair

  27. The “Weekend Effect” in Lightning Activity during Winter Thunderstorms over the Tel-Aviv, Israel, Metropolitan Area

    Article • Atmosphere, September 2022, MDPI AG

    Yoav Yair

  28. Electric Field Variations Caused by Low, Middle and High-Altitude Clouds over the Negev Desert, Israel

    Article • Atmosphere, August 2022, MDPI AG

    Yoav Yair

  29. Effects of Convective Mergers on the Evolution of Microphysical and Electrical Activity in a Severe Squall Line Simulated by WRF Coupled With Explicit Electrification Scheme

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, August 2022, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Yoav Yair

  30. The frequency of lightning super-bolts in winter thunderstorms associated with Mediterranean cyclones

    Article • July 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Yoav Yair

  31. The feasibility of a 3D time-dependent model for predicting the area of possible sprite inception in the mesosphere based on an analytical solution to Poisson's equation

    Article • Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics, April 2022, Elsevier

    Yoav Yair

  32. Results from targeted TLE and geomagnetically conjugate sprites observations from the International Space Station during the Rakia mission

    Article • March 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Yoav Yair

  33. Allowed and forbidden zones in a Lightning-strokes spatio-temporal differential space

    Article • Environmental Research Communications, March 2022, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Yoav Yair

  34. Aerosol effects on electrification and lightning discharges in a multicell thunderstorm simulated by the WRF-ELEC model

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", September 2021, Copernicus GmbH

    Yoav Yair, Dr Alexandre O Fierro

  35. Impacts of Non-Local versus Local Moisture Sources on a Heavy (and Deadly) Rain Event in Israel

    Article • Atmosphere, June 2021, MDPI AG

    Yoav Yair

  36. An optical flash on Venus detected by the AKATSUKI spacecraft

    Article • April 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yoav Yair

  37. Why are lightning super-bolts more frequent in East Mediterranean winter thunderstorms?

    Article • March 2021, Copernicus GmbH

    Yoav Yair

  38. Precipitable water vapor from GPS tropospheric path delays over the Eastern Mediterranean: trends, diurnal and long-term variability

    Article • March 2021, Copernicus GmbH

    Yoav Yair

  39. The diurnal variability of precipitable water vapor derived from GPS tropospheric path delays over the Eastern Mediterranean

    Article • Atmospheric Research, February 2021, Elsevier

    Yoav Yair

  40. Aerosol Effects on Electrification and Lightning Discharges in a Multicell Thunderstorm Simulated by the WRF-ELEC Model

    Article • January 2021, Copernicus GmbH

    Yoav Yair, Dr Alexandre O Fierro

  41. Observations and numerical simulations of the October 25th, 2015 super-cell thunderstorm over Central Israel

    Article • Atmospheric Research, January 2021, Elsevier

    Yoav Yair

  42. Using Factor Separation to Elucidate the Respective Contributions of Desert Dust and Urban Pollution to the 4 January 2020 Tel Aviv Lightning and Flash Flood Disaster

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, December 2020, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Yoav Yair

  43. Electrical evolution of a rapidly developing MCS during its vigorous vertical growth phase

    Article • Atmospheric Research, December 2020, Elsevier

    Yoav Yair

  44. Infrasound observations of sprites associated with winter thunderstorms in the eastern mediterranean

    Article • Atmospheric Research, May 2020, Elsevier

    Yoav Yair

  45. Lightning super-bolts in Eastern Mediterranean winter thunderstorms

    Article • March 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Yoav Yair

  46. Climatology of Transient Luminous Events and Lightning Observed Above Europe and the Mediterranean Sea

    Article • Surveys in Geophysics, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Yoav Yair

  47. Future changes in exposure to lightning strike risks

    Article • Environmental Research Letters, November 2018, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Yoav Yair