Lightning occurrence data observed with lightning location systems of electric power companies in Japan: 2009–2013. (December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Shindo, Takatoshi; Motoyama, Hideki; Miki, Toru; Saito, Mikihisa; Matsueda, Akiyori; Honma, Noriyasu; Hida, Tomohito; Shinjo, Kazuo; Hayashi, Kiyotaka; Awazu, Hayato; Makabe, Katsuhisa; Fujikawa, Masato; Kurihara, Satoshi; Sato, Masashi
• Is Part Of: IEEJ transactions on electrical and electronic engineering. Volume 11(2016:Dec.)Supplement 2
• Page Start: S28
• Page End: S33
• Publication Date: 2016-12
• Subjects: lightning -- lightning location system -- lightning density -- lightning current -- lightning data; Electrical engineering -- Periodicals; Electronics -- Periodicals; 621.3
• DOI: 10.1002/tee.22323
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1931-4973

Abstract

Abstract : Nine electric power companies in Japan have been collecting lightning data with lightning location systems. Five years of the lightning data (2009–2013) are summarized and analyzed in this paper. The recent annual number of lightning flashes of which the current is more than 10 kA in Japan is around 1 million. The variations of lightning occurrence characteristics by areas, seasons, and so on, are clarified. Meteorological conditions that may affect lightning occurrence are also discussed. Furthermore, we show that there is a clear correlation between the number of lightning strikes and the outage rate of transmission lines. © 2016 Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan. Published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.