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Lightning-strike in aeronautics

Authors: Pierre LAROCHE, Philippe LALANDE, Jean-Philippe PARMANTIER, François ISSAC, Laurent CHEMARTIN

Publication date: November 10, 2013

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1. A stormy environment for aeronautics

Thunderstorms are a dangerous environment for aviation. The phenomena present in a thunderstorm and likely to affect flight operations and safety are severe turbulence, heavy rain and hail, wind shear and lightning strikes.

1.1 Storm cloud

The thunderstorm cloud, or cumulonimbus, is a convective cloud that is the seat of vertical air movements whose speed exceeds 10 m/s, and can reach 30 m/s in the most active thunderstorm cells. The development of vertical air convection is triggered by an initial dynamic or thermal lifting of the...

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