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Articles | Volume 26, issue 10
Articles | Volume 26, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-4997-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-26-4997-2026
© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 26, issue 10
Research article
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14 Oct 2026
Research article |  | 14 Oct 2026

Characterisation and modelling of lightning strokes as point events in time and space

Uldis Zandovskis, Davide Pigoli, and Bruce D. Malamud

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This study looks at how lightning strikes happen over time and space, focusing on six storms in the UK during 2012 and 2015. By using real data, the research examines how often lightning strikes occur, how fast the storms move, and how far the strikes spread. The storms had different speeds (13–31 m s –1) and times between strikes (0.01 to 100 s), with strikes spreading up to 80 km. The study’s findings help create models to better characterise severe storms.
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