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| Titel |
Brief communication "A multi-disciplinary approach to a side-flash lightning incident to human beings in the Basque Country" |
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J. Lopez, V. Urgoiti, M. González, J. A. Aranda, S. Gaztelumendi, P. Anitua |
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Englisch
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1561-8633
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In: Natural Hazards and Earth System Science ; 13, no. 3 ; Nr. 13, no. 3 (2013-03-20), S.721-726 |
| Datensatznummer |
250018392
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| Publikation (Nr.) |
 copernicus.org/nhess-13-721-2013.pdf |
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| Zusammenfassung |
| On 31 August 2011 a lightning incident affecting two human beings was
registered in the Basque Country (northern Spain). The two individuals were
sightseeing in the Painted Forest of Oma (province of Biscay, Basque
Country) when an approaching thunderstorm forced them to look for shelter
under the lowest branches of one of the trees. A lightning discharge in that
exact place caused serious injuries to the couple, consisting of the loss of
consciousness, superficial burns, a tympanic membrane perforation and a
broken clavicle. The investigation presented in this paper was carried out
in order to find out the causes by which the couple was hit by the lightning
discharge and why the injuries were superficial and did not kill them. Using
the data available by the lightning detection networks in the Basque Country
and the information available by the weather radar, the exact place where
the lightning discharge occurred could be found, the mechanism of lightning
injury was classified and the episode was reconstructed. |
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