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| Title |
WMO World Record Lightning Extremes: Longest Reported Flash Distance and Longest Reported Flash Duration
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| Published in |
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, June 2017
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| DOI | 10.1175/bams-d-16-0061.1 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Timothy J Lang, Stéphane Pédeboy, William Rison, Randall S Cerveny, Joan Montanyà, Serge Chauzy, Donald R MacGorman, Ronald L Holle, Eldo E Ávila, Yijun Zhang, Gregory Carbin, Edward R Mansell, Yuriy Kuleshov, Thomas C Peterson, Manola Brunet, Fatima Driouech, Daniel S Krahenbuhl |
| Abstract |
A World Meteorological Organization weather and climate extremes committee has judged that the world's longest reported distance for a single lightning flash occurred with a horizontal distance of 321 km (199.5 mi) over Oklahoma in 2007, while the world's longest reported duration for a single lightning flash is an event that lasted continuously for 7.74 seconds over southern France in 2012. In addition, the committee has unanimously recommended amendment of the AMS Glossary of Meteorology definition of lightning discharge as a "series of electrical processes taking place within 1 second" by removing the phrase "within one second" and replacing with "continuously." Validation of these new world extremes (a) demonstrates the recent and on-going dramatic augmentations and improvements to regional lightning detection and measurement networks, (b) provides reinforcement regarding the dangers of lightning, and |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 49 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 22 | 45% |
| Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 2 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 4% |
| India | 1 | 2% |
| Norway | 1 | 2% |
| Australia | 1 | 2% |
| Jordan | 1 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 2% |
| Spain | 1 | 2% |
| Other | 0 | 0% |
| Unknown | 17 | 35% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 42 | 86% |
| Scientists | 6 | 12% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 2% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 57 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 57 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 26% |
| Researcher | 13 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 3 | 5% |
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 5% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 11 | 19% |
| Unknown | 10 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Earth and Planetary Sciences | 22 | 39% |
| Engineering | 12 | 21% |
| Environmental Science | 5 | 9% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 4% |
| Computer Science | 2 | 4% |
| Other | 2 | 4% |
| Unknown | 12 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 329. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 05 April 2022.
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#97,533
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#37
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#2,225
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#2
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