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High-Resolution Lightning Detection and Possible Relationship with Rainfall Events over the Central Mediterranean Area [PDF]
Remote Sensing, 2019 Lightning activity is usually associated with precipitations events and represents a possible indicator of climate change, even contributing to its increase with the production of NOx gases.
Guido Paliaga +3 more
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A lightning climatology of the South-West Indian Ocean [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2012 The World Wide Lightning Location Network (WWLLN) data have been used to perform a lightning climatology in the South-West Indian Ocean (SWIO) region from 2005 to 2011.
C. Bovalo, C. Barthe, N. Bègue
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Lightning Activity Observed by the FengYun-4A Lightning Mapping Imager [PDF]
Remote Sensing, 2021 The Lightning Mapping Imager (LMI) onboard the geostationary meteorological satelliteFengYun-4A (FY-4A) detects both intra-cloud (IC) and cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning continuously during daytime and nighttime.
Dongjie Cao +3 more
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Global distribution of winter lightning: a threat to wind turbines and aircraft [PDF]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences, 2016 Lightning is one of the major threats to multi-megawatt wind turbines and a concern for modern aircraft due to the use of lightweight composite materials. Both wind turbines and aircraft can initiate lightning, and very favorable conditions for lightning
J. Montanyà +8 more
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Effects of Different Aerosols on Cloud-to-ground Lightning Activity in the Yangtze River Delta
应用气象学报, 2023 Lightning activity poses threats to human life and property safety. A large volume studies indicate that aerosol plays a significant role in lightning activity.
Wu Xiaotian +3 more
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Energy Reports, 2022 The strong and frequent lightning activity in Guangdong, China, severely affects the safe operation of the power grid. In this study, the lightning database of Guangdong Power Grid in Foshan from 2008 to 2020 was used to compare the CG lightning activity
Yeqiang Deng +7 more
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Characteristics of the Blitzortung.org Lightning Location Catalog in Japan
Atmosphere, 2023 We evaluated the detection efficiency and location accuracy of lightning discharges in Japan using Blitzortung.org, a volunteer-based network for locating lightning discharges from sferics measured by very low frequency (VLF) electromagnetic receivers ...
Masashi Kamogawa +11 more
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Lightning Activity Over Chilean Territory
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres, 2021 AbstractThis work presents the spatial distribution and temporal variability of lightning activity over the continental territory of Chile by means of Thunderstorms days (Td), on the basis of 7 years (2012–2018) of lightning measurement from World Wide Lightning Location Network (WWLLN).
J. Montana +5 more
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Remote Sensing, 2023 Based on three-dimensional lightning data and an S-band Doppler radar, a strong relationship was identified between lightning activity and the radar volume of squall lines. A detailed analysis of the squall line investigates the relationship following an
Dongxia Liu, Han Yu, Chunfa Sun
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Determination of Zones and Tall Structures with the Greatest Number of Lightning Strikes
TecnoLógicas, 2022 High lightning activity sites have been characterized using methodologies based on the spatial occurrence of lightning through parameters such as Ground Flash Density, GFD. This work found the areas with the highest number of lightning strikes (hotspots)
Javier Mora +3 more
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