主办单位:中国气象局沈阳大气环境研究所
国际刊号:ISSN 1673-503X
国内刊号:CN 21-1531/P

Journal of Meteorology and Environment ›› 2022, Vol. 38 ›› Issue (4): 110-117.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1673-503X.2022.04.013

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Distribution characteristics of lightning in southern mountain areas and northern plains of Anhui province

Kai WANG1(),Xiao-yu JU2,Yang-yang QIU2,Xiang-yang CHENG2   

  1. 1. Huaihe River Basin Meteorological Center, Hefei 230061, China
    2. Anhui Meteorological Disaster Prevention Center, Hefei 230061, China
  • Received:2021-02-25 Online:2022-08-28 Published:2022-09-22

Abstract:

According to the detected data of the ADTD lightning location system in Anhui province from January 2011 to December 2019, the parameters associated with lightning such as frequency, polarity, current intensity, etc.in southern mountain areas and northern plains in Anhui province were comparatively analyzed.The results showed that the total lightning frequency in southern mountain areas is about 2.84 times of that in northern plains, and the positive lightning ratio is larger in northern plains than in southern mountain areas, which is related to the types of severe convective weather.In the two areas, the monthly and daily variation of lightning frequencies both present the single peak, and the incidences in spring and summer are significantly more than in autumn and winter, and the lightning is active from afternoon to evening in a day, but the fluctuation range of months and time bucket when lightning occurs at high frequency in southern mountain areas are far greater than in northern plains.The intensities of lightning current in northern plains, on the whole, is larger than in southern mountain areas, and the positive and negative lightning intensities for the former are 10.77 kA and 9.52 kA higher than those for the latter, and the peak values of positive and negative lightning intensities in the two areas both appear in February and October, respectively.The time buckets of positive and negative lightning intensity peak in southern mountain areas and negative lightning intensity peak in northern plains are opposite to those of their frequency peak.Based on the principal component analysis of the total lightning frequency in Anhui province, the cumulative variance contribution of the first five feature vectors after EOF reaches 59.136%, indicating the change trend of lightning activities in the two areas are consistent, but has obvious regional difference.

Key words: Lightning location system, Lightning frequency, Lightning current intensity

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