Analysis of the Frequency of Lightning Events and Relationship with Patterns Rainfall in the Bengkulu Region Throughout 2017
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Published: Oct 31, 2018 |
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Keywords: Lightning, Rainfall Pattern, Bengkulu, Year 2017 |
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Abstract
The phenomenon of lossing the electrical charge is caused of the lightning’s incident. Bengkulu is one of the area in Indonesia which is quite dangerous to lightning events. This is due to the location of Bengkulu’s Province near the equator. The objectives of this research are (1) to know the level of lightning hazard’s vulnerability in Bengkulu, (2) to search the most dangerous lightning’s location in Bengkulu, (3) to analyze the relationship between rainfall pattern and the lightning incident in Bengkulu throughout 2017. The data that used in this research is the primary’s data recorded by the Linghting Detector which is processed with Microsoft Excel and mapped by GMT’s softwar The types of lightning analyzed are CG + and CG- because they are the most damaging and have a significant impact. This research has conclusion (1) The most dangerous months of lightning’s events in Bengkulu area are in March, April, and May 2017, (2) areas that have high lightning’s level is Pendopo, Puguk, and the surrounding, (3) lightning’s incident has a significant pattern with the number of rainfall in Bengkulu’s region
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