@InProceedings{PintoPintNacc:2006:CaStBr,
               author = "Pinto, Iara Regina de Almeida Prado and Pinto J{\'u}nior, Osmar 
                         and Naccarato, Kleber Pinheiro",
          affiliation = "{Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto 
                         Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)} and {Instituto Nacional de 
                         Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)}",
                title = "How ground flash density obtained by lightning location networks 
                         can be used in lightning protection standards: a case study in 
                         Brazil",
            booktitle = "Proceedings...",
                 year = "2006",
         organization = "International Lightning Detection Conference, 19. (ILDC).",
             abstract = "The annual number of lightning flashes influencing an object to be 
                         protected depends on the thunderstorm activity of the region where 
                         the object is located and on its physical characteristics. It is 
                         generally accepted that this number can be evaluated multiplying 
                         the lightning ground flash density, that is, the number of flashes 
                         per square kilometer and per year, by an equivalent area of the 
                         object. In the past, due to the lack of direct lightning 
                         measurements, the ground flash density was generally inferred from 
                         the thunderstorm days per year, or the keraunic index, through an 
                         equation containing empirically derived constants.",
  conference-location = "Tucson, Arizona",
      conference-year = "24-25 Apr.",
           copyholder = "SID/SCD",
             language = "en",
         organisation = "Vaisala",
           targetfile = "How ground flash density.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "09 maio 2024"
}