Lightning Interactions with Humans and Lifelines
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Lightning Interactions with Humans and Lifelines
Lightning is one of the fascinating phenomena exhibiting tremendous natural power. It is source of awe, curiosity, enticement, inspiration as well as fear. On average, 50 lightning strikes occur on earth in one second. Fortunately not all of them kill people, albeit 10% people fall prey to lightning annually, out of which hardly 20 to 25% die. Lightning injures victims by heat, shockwave, inten...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Lightning Research
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1652-8034
DOI: 10.2174/1652803420131029001