Pubblicazione scientifica

Comparative Study on Lightning Fatality Rate in Malaysia between 2008 and 2017

FILONE TECNOLOGICO	TEMA
produzione e raccolta

RIASSUNTO

Statistics of lightning fatalities and injuries are difficult to obtain as mandatory reporting of such events is seldom required. As a result, many cases will not be in official records. However, for injury prevention efforts and calling a government's attention to these as a serious problem, information on numbers and more vulnerable locations are important. In this study, Gomes-Kadir equation was used to estimate the annual lightning deaths in Malaysia using lightning density and sociological factors. The recorded data shows a lightning fatality rate of 12.5 deaths yr-1 with 4 deaths per ten-million population yr-1. The empirical formula estimates 20.9 deaths yr-1 and 6.7 dptm yr-1. Under-reporting of death events and the lack of consideration of topological factors in Gomes-Kadir equation have been highlighted as the reasons behind this discrepancy.

DATA

Data di pubblicazione: 01/09/2018

AUTORI

A R SYAKURA
M Z A AB KADIR
C GOMES
A B ELISTINA
M A COOPER

ENTE DI AFFERENZA

CTR ELECTROMAGN & LIGHTNING PROTECTION CELP UNIV PUTRA MALAYSIA KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA
FAC OF HUMAN ECOLOGY UNIV PUTRA MALAYSIA KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA
AFRICAN CTR LIGHTNING & ELECTROMAGN NETWORK CHICAGO IL USA

RIVISTA

2018 34th International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP) (Page(s): 1-6)

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