• DocumentCode
    171833
  • Title

    Mapping lightning fatality risk

  • Author

    Roeder, William P. ; Cummins, Benjamin H. ; Ashley, Walker S. ; Holle, Ronald L. ; Cummins, Kenneth L.

  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    11-18 Oct. 2014
  • Firstpage
    226
  • Lastpage
    237
  • Abstract
    A new method to calculate lightning fatality risk is presented. This new method uses GIS software to multiply lightning flash density and population density on a grid and display the results on a map. The method was verified against observed lightning fatalities in the United States and works well with a quadratic regression correlation coefficient as high as 0.864. These lightning fatality risk maps may be useful in helping plan lightning safety initiatives in developing countries.
  • Keywords
    emergency management; geographic information systems; lightning; regression analysis; risk management; GIS software; United States; geographic information systems; lightning fatality risk mapping; lightning flash density; lightning safety initiatives; population density; quadratic regression correlation coefficient; Lightning; Smoothing methods; Software; GIS; death; education; fatality; lightning; safety;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lightning Protection (ICLP), 2014 International Conference o
  • Conference_Location
    Shanghai
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/ICLP.2014.6973126
  • Filename
    6973126
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=171833