TRMM/LIS observations of lightning activity over Indonesia

Author

Hamid, E.Y. ; Kawasaki, Z.-I. ; Mardiana, R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Osaka Univ., Japan

Volume

3

fYear

2000

fDate

23-27 Jan 2000

Firstpage

2077

Abstract

A general statistical description of lightning activity on and around Indonesia is reported. Analysis on the collected data from a space-based lightning sensor, TRMM/LTS, during 18 months observation reveals that this region has high number of lightning flashes. Based on space-based measurement, the authors have made a lightning frequency map over Indonesia and temporal variation of lightning activity over the five biggest islands in Indonesia, which are useful for the lightning protection design of power transmission systems. The majority of the flashes are on the land and the western part experiences higher lightning occurrence than the eastern part. General patterns of the diurnal lightning activity are mainly characterized by the lightning activity in the afternoon

Keywords

atmospheric techniques; lightning; lightning protection; power transmission protection; Indonesia; TRMM/LIS observations; diurnal lightning activity; lightning activity; lightning frequency map; lightning protection design; power transmission system; space-based lightning sensor; temporal variation; Cities and towns; Clouds; Earth; Extraterrestrial measurements; Image sensors; Lightning; NASA; Satellites; Sensor phenomena and characterization; Transmission line measurements;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Power Engineering Society Winter Meeting, 2000. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5935-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PESW.2000.847673

Filename

847673