Comparative study on lightning fatality rate in Malaysia between 2008 and 2017
Statistics of lightning fatalities and injuries are difficult to obtain as mandatory reporting of such events is seldom required. As a result, many cases will not be in official records. However, for injury prevention efforts and calling a government's attention to these as a serious problem, i...
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| author | A Rahim, Syakura Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin Gomes, Chandima Abu Bakar, Elistina Cooper, Mary Ann |
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| description | Statistics of lightning fatalities and injuries are difficult to obtain as mandatory reporting of such events is seldom required. As a result, many cases will not be in official records. However, for injury prevention efforts and calling a government's attention to these as a serious problem, information on numbers and more vulnerable locations are important. In this study, Gomes-Kadir equation was used to estimate the annual lightning deaths in Malaysia using lightning density and sociological factors. The recorded data shows a lightning fatality rate of 12.5 deaths yr-1 with 4 deaths per ten-million population yr-1. The empirical formula estimates 20.9 deaths yr-1 and 6.7 dptm yr-1. Under-reporting of death events and the lack of consideration of topological factors in Gomes-Kadir equation have been highlighted as the reasons behind this discrepancy. |
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| spelling | upm-685492019-06-10T02:42:12Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/68549/ Comparative study on lightning fatality rate in Malaysia between 2008 and 2017 A Rahim, Syakura Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin Gomes, Chandima Abu Bakar, Elistina Cooper, Mary Ann Statistics of lightning fatalities and injuries are difficult to obtain as mandatory reporting of such events is seldom required. As a result, many cases will not be in official records. However, for injury prevention efforts and calling a government's attention to these as a serious problem, information on numbers and more vulnerable locations are important. In this study, Gomes-Kadir equation was used to estimate the annual lightning deaths in Malaysia using lightning density and sociological factors. The recorded data shows a lightning fatality rate of 12.5 deaths yr-1 with 4 deaths per ten-million population yr-1. The empirical formula estimates 20.9 deaths yr-1 and 6.7 dptm yr-1. Under-reporting of death events and the lack of consideration of topological factors in Gomes-Kadir equation have been highlighted as the reasons behind this discrepancy. IEEE 2018 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/68549/1/Comparative%20study%20on%20lightning%20fatality%20rate%20in%20Malaysia%20between%202008%20and%202017.pdf A Rahim, Syakura and Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin and Gomes, Chandima and Abu Bakar, Elistina and Cooper, Mary Ann (2018) Comparative study on lightning fatality rate in Malaysia between 2008 and 2017. In: 34th International Conference on Lightning Protection (ICLP 2018), 2-7 Sept. 2018, Rzeszow, Poland. . 10.1109/ICLP.2018.8503420 |
| spellingShingle | A Rahim, Syakura Ab Kadir, Mohd Zainal Abidin Gomes, Chandima Abu Bakar, Elistina Cooper, Mary Ann Comparative study on lightning fatality rate in Malaysia between 2008 and 2017 |
| title | Comparative study on lightning fatality rate in Malaysia between 2008 and 2017 |
| title_full | Comparative study on lightning fatality rate in Malaysia between 2008 and 2017 |
| title_fullStr | Comparative study on lightning fatality rate in Malaysia between 2008 and 2017 |
| title_full_unstemmed | Comparative study on lightning fatality rate in Malaysia between 2008 and 2017 |
| title_short | Comparative study on lightning fatality rate in Malaysia between 2008 and 2017 |
| title_sort | comparative study on lightning fatality rate in malaysia between 2008 and 2017 |
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