Cloud-To-Ground Lightning Flashes Under The Influence Of Pollution In Malaysia And Some Countries

Zikri Abadi, Baharudin and Ahmad Idil, Abdul Rahman and M., Zainol and Mohamad Rom, Tamjis and Mohd Ariff, Mat Hanafiah and Mohd Ruddin, Ab Ghani and Lokman, Abdullah and Othman, Aman and Hassan, Adnan and Ahmad Aizan, Zulkefle and Ismail, Abu Shah and P. N. S. A. B., Rahman and M. R., Muhammad (2016) Cloud-To-Ground Lightning Flashes Under The Influence Of Pollution In Malaysia And Some Countries. ARPN Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, 11 (14). pp. 8893-8896. ISSN 1819-6608

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Abstract

The effect of air pollution produced from world war, industrial activities and transportation clearly can change the earth ecology system such as the atmospheric conditions. Base on few studies reported from by researcher in USA, Brazil, Spain and South Korea researcher have proven that the pollution effect can enhance the activity of lightning. Those information above motivate Advanced Multidisciplinary System Technology researcher in UTeM to report the cloud-to-ground lightning flashes in Malaysia the influence of pollution. Particulate Matter (PM10) and Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) concentration were used as gross indicator of Cloud Condensation Nuclei (CCN) and examined in relation to the urban increase in CG lightning activity. PM10 concentration recorded in Subang, Ipoh and Bayan Lepas were 51, 50 and 49μgm/m³ respectively. Meanwhile, SO2 concentration recorded were 8, 7.9, 7.7μgm/m³. The three urban areas have average number of CG lightning flashes of 200, 197 and 184. An analysis related number of CG flashes against pollutants show positive correlation in Malaysia with reading of 0.94. This indicates PM10 and SO2 concentration have high influential factor in enhancement of CG lightning activity in Malaysia.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	urban areas, cloud-to-ground lightning
Subjects:	T Technology > T Technology (General)
Divisions:	Faculty of Engineering Technology
Depositing User:	Mohd Hannif Jamaludin
Date Deposited:	24 Aug 2016 03:16
Last Modified:	09 Sep 2021 01:26
URI:	http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/17077
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