Global frequency and distribution of lightning as observed from space by the Optical Transient Detector

By H. Christian, Richard J. Blakeslee, D. Boccippio, W. Boeck, D. Buechler, K. Driscoll, S. J. Goodman, J. Hall, William J. Koshak, D. Mach and 1 more. 2003

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First results on terrestrial gamma ray flashes from the Fermi Gamma‐ray Burst Monitor (2010, background): “, 2005] or to a lightning map [Christian et al., 2003]).”
Recent Results from Studies of Electric Discharges in the Mesosphere (2008, background): “Up to *2000 thunderstorms are active over the surface of the Earth at any given time, with an average of 40–50 lightning discharges occurring every second (Christian et al. 2003).”
Ecology and long-term history of fire in New Zealand. (2014, background): “New Zealand has low rates of lightning strike (Christian et al. 2003) and those storms that do carry lightning tend to be associated with wet fronts (Ogden et al. 1998) and occur predominantly in wetter ecosystems (see fig.”
Air–sea interaction over ocean fronts and eddies (2008, background): “This extra term results in a relaxation of the thermocline and is analogous to the bottom friction: it is referred to by Dewar and Flierl as ‘top drag’. Numerical experiments showed that the dissipation of the eddy due to this top drag was over 3 times more effective than from a more standard biharm”
Production of lightning NOx and its vertical distribution calculated from three‐dimensional cloud‐scale chemical transport model simulations (2010, background): “Because 78% of lightning flashes occur between 30 S and 30 N [Christian et al., 2003], further investigation of the properties of tropical lightning flashes and their production of NO is needed.”
A survey of ELF and VLF research on lightning-ionosphere interactions and causative discharges (2010, background): “The event at right, an LEP event on the same day at 0642:01 UT, shows how the HAIL array is used to measure the latitudinal extent of the precipitation region, as the NAU‐LV and NAA‐WA paths are unaffected.”
The global electrical circuit: A review (2009, background): “The semiannual signal can only be seen if lightning at low latitude is integrated (Christian et al., 2003).”
On the earliest evidence for habitual use of fire in Europe (2011, background): “A recent satellite study shows that ∼78% of all global lightning occurs between 30°S and 30°N latitudes, which encompasses most of the African continent (15).”