Parameters of lightning activity from instrumental measurements

Ershova Tatyana Vladimirovna, Gorbatenko Valentina Petrovna

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Statistical analyses of the temporal and spatial variations of cloud-to-ground lightning (lightning discharges density, polarity of lightning strokes, peak current lightning flashes) in moderate latitudes of Northern hemisphere are introduced. The database of the investigation of more 10 million of lightning strokes in Germany covers the period 1995–2006 years.

Keywords: lightning flashes, lightning discharges density, peak current lightning flashes, positive and negative lightning strokes

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Issue: 5, 2011

Series of issue: Issue 5

Rubric: Geography

Pages: 150 — 154

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