A case of winter lightning initiation from a tall structure in the Basque Country

Javier Lopez; Joan Montanya; Mercedes Maruri; Jose Antonio Aranda; Santiago Gaztelumendi

doi:10.1109/ICLP.2010.7845841

A case of winter lightning initiation from a tall structure in the Basque Country

Javier Lopez
, Joan Montanya
, Mercedes Maruri
, Jose Antonio Aranda
, Santiago Gaztelumendi

TECNALIA Research & Innovation

Basque Meteorology Agency (Euskalmet)
Polytechnic University of Catalonia
Directorate of Meteorology and Climatology

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Abstract

Lightning research is usually focused on the most active months of the year, those corresponding to the summer season. These thunderstorms produce most of the lightning records during a year in the Basque Country, and they are recorded for further research. In this paper winter lightning is under study. After the dramatic descent in the number of strokes recorded with the end of the summer season, a number of winter thunderstorms crossed the territory. Two different episodes (one in November 7^th and 8^th 2009, and a thunderstorm in November 30^th 2009) left evidence of lightning in the weather radar tower located at Kapildui Mountain. In this paper the research carried out from the first evidence of electrical activity in the tower to the final conclusions of being upward negative flashes initiated by the tower is presented.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2010 30th International Conference on Lightning Protection, ICLP 2010
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)	9788890551901
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICLP.2010.7845841
Publication status	Published - 7 Feb 2017
Event	30th International Conference on Lightning Protection, ICLP 2010 - Cagliari, Italy Duration: 13 Sept 2010 → 17 Sept 2010

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Conference	30th International Conference on Lightning Protection, ICLP 2010
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Cagliari
Period	13/09/10 → 17/09/10

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Lopez, J., Montanya, J., Maruri, M., Aranda, J. A., & Gaztelumendi, S. (2017). A case of winter lightning initiation from a tall structure in the Basque Country. In 2010 30th International Conference on Lightning Protection, ICLP 2010 Article 7845841 (2010 30th International Conference on Lightning Protection, ICLP 2010). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICLP.2010.7845841

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A case of winter lightning initiation from a tall structure in the Basque Country. / Lopez, Javier; Montanya, Joan; Maruri, Mercedes et al.
2010 30th International Conference on Lightning Protection, ICLP 2010. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. 7845841 (2010 30th International Conference on Lightning Protection, ICLP 2010).

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Lopez J, Montanya J, Maruri M, Aranda JA, Gaztelumendi S. A case of winter lightning initiation from a tall structure in the Basque Country. In 2010 30th International Conference on Lightning Protection, ICLP 2010. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. 2017. 7845841. (2010 30th International Conference on Lightning Protection, ICLP 2010). doi: 10.1109/ICLP.2010.7845841

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