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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-5665-2022
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https://doi.org/10.5194/essd-14-5665-2022
© Author(s) 2022. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
World Wide Lightning Location Network (WWLLN) Global Lightning Climatology (WGLC) and time series, 2022 update
Department of Earth Sciences and Center for Climate and Carbon Neutrality, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
Katie Hong-Kiu Lau
Department of Earth Sciences and Center for Climate and Carbon Neutrality, University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China
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- BuRNN (v1.0): a data-driven fire model S. Lampe et al.
- A long-term analysis of pre-monsoon thunderstorm characteristic features over major urban areas of India D. Roy et al.
- Lightning-Ignited Wildfires beyond the Polar Circle V. Kharuk et al.
- Spatial and temporal variation of Zambia lightning for designing lightning protection of infrastructure S. Mpanga et al.
- Web application for lightning occurrence visualization: lightspot F. Díaz Ortiz et al.
- Contributions of lightning to long-term trends and inter-annual variability in global atmospheric chemistry constrained by Schumann resonance observations X. Wang et al.
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- The Lightning Differential Space framework: multiscale analysis of stroke and flash behavior Y. Ben Ami et al.
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- Significant increase in graupel and lightning occurrence in a warmer climate simulated by prognostic graupel parameterization T. Michibata
- Decadal trends and seasonal intensification of pre-monsoon thunderstorm and lightning activity over Kolkata (2015–2024), India: A convective correlation analysis J. Mandal
- Tropospheric low ozone and its diurnal cycle over the Western Pacific warm pool from solar absorption FTIR observations X. Sun et al.
- Automatic Detection of Whistler Waves in the Top-Side Ionosphere: The WhISPER Technique D. Recchiuti et al.
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Global lightning strokes are recorded continuously by a network of ground-based stations. We consolidated these point observations into a map form and provide these as electronic datasets for research purposes. Here we extend our dataset to include lightning observations from 2021.
Global lightning strokes are recorded continuously by a network of ground-based stations. We...
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