CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING FLASH CHARACTERISTICS IN SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL FOR THE 1992-1993 SUMMER SEASON

Authors
PINTO O GIN RBB PINTO IRCA MENDES O DINIZ JH CARVALHO AM
Citation
O. Pinto et al., CLOUD-TO-GROUND LIGHTNING FLASH CHARACTERISTICS IN SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL FOR THE 1992-1993 SUMMER SEASON, JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES, 101(D23), 1996, pp. 29627-29635
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Metereology & Atmospheric Sciences
Journal title
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-ATMOSPHERES → ACNP
Volume
101
Issue
D23
Year of publication
1996
Pages
29627 - 29635
Database
ISI
SICI code
Abstract
A lightning positioning and tracking system (LPATS) has been used for the first time to obtain the cloud-to-ground flash characteristics in southeastern Brazil during the 1992-1993 summer season. About 300,000 flashes to ground were recorded. The lightning data are presented in t erms of polarity, multiplicity, first-stroke peak current, stroke of m aximum peak current, and local time occurrence. The preliminary result s are compared with lightning data obtained by several authors in othe r parts of the world.