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Global distribution of winter lightning: a threat to wind turbines and aircraft [1]

Lightning is one of the major threats to multimegawatt wind turbines and a concern for modern aircraft due to the use of lightweight composite materials. Both wind turbines and aircraft can initiate lightning, and very favorable conditions for lightning initiation occur in winter thunderstorms. Moreover, winter thunderstorms are characterized by a relatively high production of very energetic lightning. This paper reviews the different types of lightning interactions and summarizes the well-known winter thunderstorm areas.

Original Source [2]

Publication Date: 
21/06/2016
J. Montanyà [3], F. Fabró [4], O. van der Velde & et al [5]
Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences [6]
16
1465–1472
Tags:
Storms [7], Turbines [8], Air Transport [9], Japan [10], Europe [11], N C America [12], Canada [13], United States Of America (US) [14], Indian Ocean [15]
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[2] http://www.nat-hazards-earth-syst-sci.net/16/1465/2016/nhess-16-1465-2016.pdf
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[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/natural-hazards-and-earth-system-sciences
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