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Lightning more powerful over ocean than land
People who live and work along coastlines may be more likely to experience a super-charged lightning strike, researchers including one of Indian origin have found. The research from Florida Institute of Technology in the US shows that lightning can be much more powerful over the ocean than land.
Washington: People who live and work along coastlines may be more likely to experience a super-charged lightning strike, researchers including one of Indian origin have found. The research from Florida Institute of Technology in the US shows that lightning can be much more powerful over the ocean than land.
This new understanding of the nature of lightning could inform how off-shore infrastructure and vessels are to be built to minimise the risk of super-powerful lightning bolts from thunderstorms formed over the sea, researchers said.
Some previous indirect observations led scientists and others to believe that strikes over sea water tend to be more powerful, but the new study published in the journal Geophysical Research Letters, represents the first time that an independent measurement has validated those beliefs.
