Map of global superbolt distribution (IMAGE)

American Geophysical Union

Map of global superbolt distribution

Caption

Global distribution of all superbolts from 2010-2018, with red points indicating the strongest lightning strokes. The three regions in polygons have the highest concentration of super-charged lightning making them superbolt hotspots. Superbolt strikes tend to cluster in regoins where storms' electrical charging zones are closest to the Earth's surface, according to a new study in the Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres.

Credit

Efraim et al (2023), adapted from Holzworth et al. (2019)

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