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• Distribution_of_lightning abstract "An old estimate of the frequency of lightning on Earth was 100 times a second. In 1997 NASA and National Space Development Agency (NASDA) of Japan launched the first Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) equipped satellite that can detect and record lightning, including in places where there is nobody to observe it. Lightning is now known to occur on average 44 ± 5 times a second averaged over the earth, for a total of nearly 1.4 billion flashes per year.The lightning flash rate averaged over the earth for intra-cloud (IC) + cloud-to-cloud (CC) to cloud-to-ground (CG) is at the ratio: (IC+CC):CG = 75:25. The base of the negative region in a cloud is normally at roughly at the elevation freezing occurs. The closer this region is to the ground them more likely cloud to ground strikes are. In the tropics where the freeze zone is higher the (IC+CC):CG ratio is about 90:10. At the latitude of Norway (60° lat.) where the freezing elevation is lower the (IC+CC):CG ratio is about 50:50.The maps on the right show that lightning is not distributed evenly around the planet. Approximately 70% of lightning occurs on land located in the tropics where the majority of thunderstorms occur. The north and south poles and the areas over the oceans have the fewest lightning strikes. The place where lightning occurs most often (according to the data from 2004 to 2005) is near the small village of Kifuka in the mountains of eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the elevation is around 975 metres (3,200 ft). On average this region receives 158 lightning strikes per 1 square kilometer (0.39 sq mi) a year.Above the Catatumbo river, which feeds Lake Maracaibo in Venezuela, Catatumbo lightning flashes several times per minute, 140 to 160 nights per year, accounting for about 25% of the world's production of upper-atmospheric ozone. Singapore has one of the highest rates of lightning activity in the world. The city of Teresina in northern Brazil has the third-highest rate of occurrences of lightning strikes in the world. The surrounding region is referred to as the Chapada do Corisco ("Flash Lightning Flatlands").In the US, Central Florida sees more lightning than any other area. For example, in what is called "Lightning Alley", an area from Tampa, to Orlando, there are as many as 50 strikes per 1 square mile (2.6 km2) (about 20 per 1 km2 or 0.39 sq mi) per year. The Empire State Building is struck by lightning on average 23 times each year, and was once struck 8 times in 24 minutes.The European Union lightning maps (EUCLID updated regularly) and the US and Canada lightning maps put out by the Vaisala company and the Weather TV channel are available in nearly real time. Lightning all over the world is observed by the LIS satellite system. In the US lightning monitoring is done by the National Lightning Detection Network, part of NASA’s National Severe Storms Laboratory. Different locations have different numbers of storms and lightning strikes. In the United States, for example, Florida experiences the largest number of recorded strikes in a given period during the summer season. As much of Florida lies on a peninsula, it is bordered by the ocean on three sides. The result is the nearly daily development of clouds that produce thunderstorms. The west coast of the United States has the fewest lightning strikes.Maps of the U.S. lightning strike density/km2yr averaged from 1997-2010 are available from the National Lightning Detection Network (NLDL)--VAISALA More detailed U.S. regional lightning maps based on the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Weather Service (NWS) data centered on different cities are put out by the Cooperative Institute for Applied Meteorological Studies at Texas A&M University. Lightning maps that show the lightning activity in North America, Europe, Japan and Oceania in the last 20 to 120 minutes are given on maps put out by the Blitzortung organization.NASA scientists have found that electromagnetic radiation created by lightning in clouds only a few miles high can create a safe zone in the Van Allen radiation belts that surround the earth. This zone, known as the "Van Allen Belt slot", may be a safe haven for satellites in middle Earth orbits (MEOs), protecting them from the Sun's intense radiation.".
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• Distribution_of_lightning comment "An old estimate of the frequency of lightning on Earth was 100 times a second. In 1997 NASA and National Space Development Agency (NASDA) of Japan launched the first Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) equipped satellite that can detect and record lightning, including in places where there is nobody to observe it.".
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