Estimation of detection efficiency of the world wide lightning location network in the democratic republic of congo basin using lightning imaging sensor (LIS) as reference
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Space observations have shown that the highest concentrations of lightning on the Earth are mostly on the territory of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo). The global climatology of lightning activity proposed by Christian et al.1 and based on data recorded during five years (May 1995-March 2000) by the Optical Transient Detector (OTD) loaded on board the satellite MicroLab-1, highlights the features of the lightning distribution on the globe and shows that the greatest rates of flashes (> 50 fl km-2 yr-1 and up to 82.7 fl km-2 yr-1 with a resolution of 0.25° × 0.25°) concern the equatorial region of the Congo Basin.
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