@Article{OdaEnoMatGonAlb:2022:InAsDi,
               author = "Oda, Paula S. S. and Enor{\'e}, Diego Pereira and Mattos, Enrique 
                         V. and Gon{\c{c}}alves, Weber A. and Albrecht, Rachel I.",
          affiliation = "{Universidade Federal de Itajub{\'a} (UNIFEI) } and {Instituto 
                         Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE) } and {Universidade Federal 
                         de Itajub{\'a} (UNIFEI) } and {Universidade Federal do Rio Grande 
                         do Norte (UFRN) } and {Universidade de S{\~a}o Paulo (USP)}",
                title = "An initial assessment of the distribution of total Flash Rate 
                         Density (FRD) in Brazil from GOES-16 Geostationary Lightning 
                         Mapper (GLM) observations",
              journal = "Atmospheric Research",
                 year = "2022",
               volume = "70",
                pages = "e106081",
                month = "June",
             keywords = "Diurnal cycle, GOES-16, Hotspots, Lightning activity, Monthly 
                         cycle.",
             abstract = "Brazil is one of the regions in the world where lightning most 
                         occurs. With the launch of the Geostationary Environmental 
                         Operational Satellite 16 (GOES-16), it was possible, for the first 
                         time, to carry out an almost uniform resolution mapping, in near 
                         real time, of total lightning with a field of view that covers 
                         most of the western hemisphere. The objective of this study was to 
                         evaluate the initial spatio-temporal distribution of the Total 
                         Lightning Flash Rate Density (FRD) for all of Brazil, and to 
                         determine lightning hotspots in cities in five regions, the South, 
                         the Southeast, the Midwest, the Northeast, and the North. Total 
                         lightning flash data from the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) 
                         sensor on board the GOES-16 were evaluated for a three-years 
                         period (from 2018 to 2020). The greatest FRD (about 30 fl 
                         km\−2 season\−1) occurred during the hot season 
                         (between spring and summer), mostly in the late afternoon (1218 
                         Local Hour, LH), in the northwest-southeastern portion of the 
                         country (AM, PA, MT, GO and TO), in the southeastern of RJ and 
                         closer to the Brazil-Argentina border (MS, PR, SC and RS). The 
                         lowest FRD values were observed along coastal regions, extending 
                         from the north of RJ to AP, and for the north of RO and PA. 
                         S{\~a}o F{\'e}lix do Xingu city in Par{\'a} came in first (131 
                         fl km\−2 year\−1) in the national ranking for 
                         lightning hotspots, showing well-defined monthly and daytime 
                         cycles with maximums at 14 LH.",
                  doi = "10.1016/j.atmosres.2022.106081",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atmosres.2022.106081",
                 issn = "0169-8095",
             language = "en",
        urlaccessdate = "11 maio 2024"
}