Electric atmospheric activity in Argentina, a study for estimating the annual death rate by lightning

The information about lightning activity is fundamental to atmospheric surveillance. Few countries in the world have their own lightning detection networks which allow monitoring the lightning activity inside their national borders. The World Wide Lightning Location Network (WWLLN) provides global lightning data, which was already used to characterize the lightning activity in several regions of the world. The aim of the present work is the use of the lightning data obtained by the WWLLN to make an analysis on the lightning activity over Argentina between the years 2005-2012. These data are used to estimate the annual death rate by lightning in the region. The estimation is based on a model proposed by Chandima Gomes, and Ab Kadir [1]. The obtained results could help to promote protective behaviors in the population.