A series of maps reveal where those strikes most commonly ... They used data from the National Lightning Detection Network (NLDN), a Vaisala-maintained collection of over 100 antennae distributed ...

Lightning detection and location systems can be divided into two categories. In the detection systems belonging to the first category the number of lightning flashes striking a given area is obtained ...

Lightning detection systems in the U.S. see an average of 25 million strokes of lightning each year, from some 100,000 storms. It is estimated that the earth is struck by 100 lightning bolts every ...