| Research applications for the Geostationary Lightning Mapper operational lightning flash data product M Peterson Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 124 (17-18), 10205-10231, 2019 | 76 | 2019 |
| The properties of optical lightning flashes and the clouds they illuminate M Peterson, W Deierling, C Liu, D Mach, C Kalb Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 122 (1), 423-442, 2017 | 64 | 2017 |
| GLD360 performance relative to TRMM LIS SD Rudlosky, MJ Peterson, DT Kahn Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology 34 (6), 1307-1322, 2017 | 58 | 2017 |
| Response of African elephants (Loxodonta africana) to seasonal changes in rainfall M Garstang, RE Davis, K Leggett, OW Frauenfeld, S Greco, E Zipser, ... PloS one 9 (10), e108736, 2014 | 55 | 2014 |
| The evolution and structure of extreme optical lightning flashes M Peterson, S Rudlosky, W Deierling Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 122 (24), 13,370-13,386, 2017 | 47 | 2017 |
| Characteristics of lightning flashes with exceptional illuminated areas, durations, and optical powers and surrounding storm properties in the tropics and inner subtropics M Peterson, C Liu Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 118 (20), 11,727-11,740, 2013 | 45 | 2013 |
| The time evolution of optical lightning flashes M Peterson, S Rudlosky Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 124 (1), 333-349, 2019 | 34 | 2019 |
| Global statistics of lightning in anvil and stratiform regions over the tropics and subtropics observed by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission M Peterson, C Liu Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 116 (D23), 2011 | 32 | 2011 |
| Mapping the lateral development of lightning flashes from orbit M Peterson, S Rudlosky, W Deierling Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 123 (17), 9674-9687, 2018 | 30 | 2018 |
| A global LIS/OTD climatology of lightning flash extent density M Peterson, D Mach, D Buechler Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 126 (8), e2020JD033885, 2021 | 29 | 2021 |
| New World Meteorological Organization certified megaflash lightning extremes for flash distance (709 km) and duration (16.73 s) recorded from space MJ Peterson, TJ Lang, EC Bruning, R Albrecht, RJ Blakeslee, WA Lyons, ... Geophysical Research Letters 47 (16), e2020GL088888, 2020 | 27 | 2020 |
| First observations of gigantic jets from geostationary orbit LD Boggs, N Liu, M Peterson, S Lazarus, M Splitt, F Lucena, A Nag, ... Geophysical Research Letters 46 (7), 3999-4006, 2019 | 25 | 2019 |
| Changes to the appearance of optical lightning flashes observed from space according to thunderstorm organization and structure M Peterson, S Rudlosky, D Zhang Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 125 (4), e2019JD031087, 2020 | 23 | 2020 |
| Where are the most extraordinary lightning megaflashes in the Americas? M Peterson Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 102 (3), E660-E671, 2021 | 22 | 2021 |
| Removing solar artifacts from Geostationary Lightning Mapper data to document lightning extremes M Peterson Journal of applied remote sensing 14 (3), 032402-032402, 2020 | 21 | 2020 |
| A TRMM/GPM retrieval of the total mean generator current for the global electric circuit M Peterson, W Deierling, C Liu, D Mach, C Kalb Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 122 (18), 10,025-10,049, 2017 | 21 | 2017 |
| New WMO certified megaflash lightning extremes for flash distance and duration recorded from space MJ Peterson, TJ Lang, T Logan, C Wee Kiong, M Gijben, R Holle, ... Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 103 (4), 257-261, 2022 | 20 | 2022 |
| GLM observations of the brightest lightning in the Americas M Peterson, E Lay Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 125 (23), e2020JD033378, 2020 | 19 | 2020 |
| Using lightning flashes to image thunderclouds M Peterson Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres 124 (17-18), 10175-10185, 2019 | 19 | 2019 |
| Thunderstorm cloud-type classification from space-based lightning imagers M Peterson, S Rudlosky, D Zhang Monthly weather review 148 (5), 1891-1898, 2020 | 18 | 2020 |
