Author, as appears in the article.: Lang TJ, Pédeboy S, Rison W, Cerveny RS, Montanyà J, Chauzy S, MacGorman DR, Holle RL, Ávila EE, Zhang Y, Carbin G, Mansell ER, Kuleshov Y, Peterson TC, Brunet M, Driouech F, Krahenbuhl DS
Department: Geografia
URV's Author/s: Brunet India, Manuela Catalina
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Abstract: A World Meteorological Organization weather and climate extremes committee has judged that the world's longest reported distance for a single lightning flash occurred with a horizontal distance of 321 km (199.5 mi) over Oklahoma in 2007, while the world's longest reported duration for a single lightning flash is an event that lasted continuously for 7.74 seconds over southern France in 2012. In addition, the committee has unanimously recommended amendment of the AMS Glossary of Meteorology definition of lightning discharge as a "series of electrical processes taking place within 1 second" by removing the phrase "within one second" and replacing with "continuously." Validation of these new world extremes (a) demonstrates the recent and on-going dramatic augmentations and improvements to regional lightning detection and measurement networks, (b) provides reinforcement regarding the dangers of lightning, and(c) provides new information for lightning engineering concerns.
Research group: Centre en Canvi Climàtic (C3)
Thematic Areas: Saúde coletiva Meteorology & atmospheric sciences Medicina ii Interdisciplinar Geografía Geociências Engenharias iii Engenharias ii Engenharias i Ciências biológicas iii Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Biotecnología Biodiversidade Atmospheric science Astronomia / física
licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/
ISSN: 00030007
Author's mail: manola.brunet@urv.cat
Author identifier: 0000-0002-9386-710X
Record's date: 2024-09-07
Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Link to the original source: https://journals.ametsoc.org/bams/article/98/6/1153/216071/WMO-World-Record-Lightning-Extremes-Longest
Licence document URL: https://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/
Papper original source: Bulletin Of The American Meteorological Society. 98 (6): 1153-1168
APA: Lang TJ, Pédeboy S, Rison W, Cerveny RS, Montanyà J, Chauzy S, MacGorman DR, Holle RL, Ávila EE, Zhang Y, Carbin G, Mansell ER, Kuleshov Y, Peterson T (2017). WMO World Record Lightning Extremes: Longest Reported Flash Distance and Longest Reported Flash Duration. Bulletin Of The American Meteorological Society, 98(6), 1153-1168. DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0061.1
Article's DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-16-0061.1
Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili
Journal publication year: 2017
Publication Type: Journal Publications
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