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Solar cycle signatures in lightning activity
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, 14100, Czech Republic
Ronald Langer
Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, 04001, Slovakia
Ivana Kolmašová
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, 14100, Czech Republic
Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, 18000, Czech Republic
Ondřej Lhotka
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, 14100, Czech Republic
Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences, Prague, 14100, Czech Republic
Igor Strhárský
Institute of Experimental Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Košice, 04001, Slovakia
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Lightning and extreme weather can endanger people and technology. Despite advances in science, not all the factors that lead to the formation of thunderclouds, to their charging and to lightning ignition are known in detail. This paper shows that lightning frequency may, to some extent, be modulated by solar activity and solar wind. Namely, in the region of the South Atlantic Anomaly of the Earth's magnetic field, it correlates with the polarity and intensity of the solar wind.
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