Characteristics of cloud-to-ground lightning (CG) and differences between +CG and −CG strokes in China regarding the China National Lightning Detection Network

Jiang, Ruijiao; Zhang, Guoping; Wang, Shudong; Xue, Bing; Xie, Zhengshuai; Yu, Tingzhao; Wang, Kuoyin; Ding, Jin; Zhu, Xiaoxiang

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-3747-2023

Articles | Volume 23, issue 12

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-3747-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-23-3747-2023

© Author(s) 2023. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 23, issue 12

Research article

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04 Dec 2023

Research article |

| 04 Dec 2023

Characteristics of cloud-to-ground lightning (CG) and differences between +CG and −CG strokes in China regarding the China National Lightning Detection Network

Ruijiao Jiang, Guoping Zhang, Shudong Wang, Bing Xue, Zhengshuai Xie, Tingzhao Yu, Kuoyin Wang, Jin Ding, and Xiaoxiang Zhu

Model code and software

Characteristics of cloud-to-ground lightning (CG) and differences between +CG and -CG strokes in China regarding the China National Lightning Detection Network R. Jiang https://figshare.com/articles/software/Characteristics_of_cloud-to-ground_lightning_CG_and_differences_between_CG_and_-CG_strokes_in_China_regarding_the_China_National_Lightning_Detection_Network/24598173

Short summary

Lightning activity in China is analyzed. Low latitudes, undulating terrain, seaside, and humid surfaces are beneficial for lightning occurrence. Summer of the year or afternoon of the day is the high period. Large cloud-to-ground lightning frequency always corresponds to a small ratio and weak intensity of positive cloud-to-ground lightning on either a temporal or spatial scale. Interestingly, the discharge intensity difference between the two types of lightning shrinks on the Tibetan Plateau.