Retha Mathee, M.S. student in the Department of Atmospheric Science at UAHuntsville was awarded the runner-up winning student paper presentation at the 18th conference on satellite meteorology, oceanography (January 22-27, 2012 in New Orleans, USA) for her paper " Quantitative Differences Between Lightning and Non-Lightning Convective Rainfall Events As Observed with Dual-Polarimetric Radar and MSG Satellite Data". Congratulations!!