Basic lightning flash properties derived from lightning mapping array data

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Title:	Basic lightning flash properties derived from lightning mapping array data
Author:	Montañá Puig, Juan; Pineda Ruegg, Nicolau; Van der Velde, Oscar Arnoud; Solà de las Fuentes, Glòria; Argemí Ribera, Oriol; Fabró Tàpia, Ferran; Romero Durán, David; Aranguren Fino, Daniel
Other authors:	Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Elèctrica; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. LRG - Lightning Research Group
Abstract:	The size and duration of lightning flashes are examined. Data from the Ebro Valley Laboratory Lightning Mapping Array is used as reference. Additional data from the VLF/LF LINET network is included. In the analysis, each flash is simplified by a confidence ellipse fitting most of the detected sources. The major axis of the ellipse is adopted as the flash length. Flash durations are computed too. The analysis of 778 flashes results in a median flash length of ¿14 km with a median duration of ¿0.3 s. The results presented, besides characterizing the storm activity, they can be useful to define stroke grouping criteria, lightning flash density calculations and lightning warning purposes.
Subject(s):	-Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Energies::Energia elèctrica::Electricitat -Lightning protection -Llamps
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Document type:	Article - Published version Conference Object
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