Abstract:This study examines in detail lightning activities over West Africa using the worldwide lightning location network (WWLLN). The Worldwide Lightning Location Network (WWLLN; operated by the University of Washington) is a developing, experimental lightning detection network increasingly used for applications. In West Africa, there are many studies on the diurnal process of lightning activity at the regional level, but there is a shortage of literature examining the diurnal variation of lightning observation in t… Show more
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