Lightning activity over large cities located in mountainous tropical zone and its relationship with particulate matter PM10 distribution. Bogotá city case

Diego Fernando Del Río-Trujillo; Camilo Younes-Velosa; Juan Diego Pulgarín-Rivera

doi:10.17533/udea.redin.n82a03

Authors

Diego Fernando Del Río-Trujillo National University of Colombia
Camilo Younes-Velosa National University of Colombia https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9685-8196
Juan Diego Pulgarín-Rivera University of the North https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2326-7907

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.redin.n82a03

Keywords:

lightning activity, pollution, PM10, urban heat island

Abstract

This paper presents an analysis on the influence of anthropogenic phenomena over the lightning activity in large cities located in mountainous region of tropical zone, specifically in Bogotá City. Some preliminary results show an increase of lightning activity between 33% and 340% for the period under study (2007–2012), when a comparison between urban and rural adjacent zone is carried out. An additional analysis of the influence of pollution on lightning activity was also carried out; this analysis shows that there is a tendency of correlation between number of strokes and particulate matter (PM10) for the zones under study with the highest levels of contamination of the city. In order to achieve the goals of this study, data from one of the Colombian Lightning Location Systems (SID) and the monitoring network of air quality of Bogotá were used. The results are consistent with other studies carried out in different cities of the world.

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Author Biographies

Diego Fernando Del Río-Trujillo, National University of Colombia

Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering.

Camilo Younes-Velosa, National University of Colombia

Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering.

Juan Diego Pulgarín-Rivera, University of the North

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering.

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