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Lightning monitoring and detection techniques: Progress and challenges in South Africa
South African Journal of Science, 2021 Globally, lightning causes significant injury, death, and damage to infrastructure annually. In comparison to the rest of the world, South Africa has one of the highest incidences of lightning-related injuries and deaths.
Maqsooda Mahomed +4 more
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Cardiac rhythm recorded by implanted loop recorder during lightning strike
Annals of Saudi Medicine, 2017 Lightning strikes cause severe injuries and fatalities. Injuries vary from self-limiting skin manifestations to cardiac arrest and death. Because the event is sudden and unpredictable, assessment of the direct effects of the lightning on the human heart ...
Ali Altalhi +3 more
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Lightning Occurrence and Social Vulnerability [PDF]
, 2016 The occurrence of lightning in time and space around the world is well known. Lightning fatalities and injuries are well delineated in the United States; however, there is much less information about lightning impacts on people in the developing world ...
Cooper, Mary Ann, Holle, Ronald L.
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Historical (1960–2014) lightning and LNOx trends and their controlling factors in a chemistry–climate model [PDF]
Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, 2023 Lightning can cause natural hazards that result in human and animal injuries and fatalities, infrastructure destruction, and wildfire ignition. Lightning-produced NOx (LNOx), a major NOx (NOx=NO+NO2) source, plays a vital role in atmospheric chemistry ...
Y. He, K. Sudo, K. Sudo
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An overview of the global statistics on lightning fatalities [PDF]
, 2010 Lightning is a major cause of weather related mortality around the world. In the United States, lightning typically kills more people in a year than any other storm disaster except floods. Due to persistent lightning safety efforts and an annual National
Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin +2 more
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Introduction of Lightning Warning System into Korean Airports
Hanggong uju uihakoeji, 2023 Meteorological factors have a profound impact on aircraft operation and safety. Weather-related incidents accounted for 8% of all accident reports, according to data from the U.S. Federal Transportation Safety Commission’s 2009–2018 U.S.
Bo-Hun Kwon, Young-Jong Lee
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Lightning protection: getting it wrong [PDF]
, 2011 Lightning has become a significant threat to electronics in many countries where the natural phenomenon has previously been treated only as an occasional attacker of careless living beings.
Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin +1 more
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The Dangerous Life of a Storm Chaser: A Lightning Strike Injury Causing Serious Injury
Journal of Investigative Medicine High Impact Case Reports, 2020 Lightning strikes to people are rare events that cause significant injuries and mortality when they do occur. We describe an uncommon case of a storm chaser in Oklahoma who was struck by lightning who suffered cutaneous burns, bilateral tympanic membrane
Jeffrey Shipman DO +3 more
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Lightning detection in planetary atmospheres [PDF]
Weather, 72, 2, 46-50 (2017), 2016 Lightning in planetary atmospheres is now a well-established concept. Here we discuss the available detection techniques for, and observations of, planetary lightning by spacecraft, planetary landers and, increasingly, sophisticated terrestrial radio telescopes.
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GIS-based spatial analysis for lightning scenario in Bangladesh. [PDF]
HeliyonBangladesh has witnessed alarmingly rising lightning frequency, particularly during pre-monsoon and monsoon seasons. This has resulted in significant annual death tolls from lightning strikes over the past decade.
Ahmed F +4 more
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