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Lightning strike locations and characteristics in Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda, surveyed in June 2022 and October 2023
The dataset details the locations and attributes of canopy disturbances in Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda, that were suspected to have been caused by lightning strikes. Disturbances were located by surveying 23km of trails and assessing whether disturbances (clusters of dead or damaged trees) had damage signatures consistent with lighting. Only disturbances that were thought to potentially have been caused by lightning were recorded. As well as providing a qualitative assessment of the confidence that the damage was caused by lightning, the dataset contains the number of dead and damaged trees in different size classes, as well as the taxonomic identity and degree of crown damage experienced by canopy trees within the putative strike. Photographs of a subset of strikes are also provided. Data were collected as part of the project Lightning in African tropical forests: from tree mortality to carbon dynamics (NE/W003872/1). Full details about this dataset can be found at https://doi.org/10.5285/d47e78bc-2227-4bc7-90ae-9ec871c52bec
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- Date (Publication)
- 2024-12-17
- Date (Creation)
- 2024-08-12
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- https://catalogue.ceh.ac.uk/id/d47e78bc-2227-4bc7-90ae-9ec871c52bec
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- doi: / 10.5285/d47e78bc-2227-4bc7-90ae-9ec871c52bec
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Sullivan, M., Ngute, A., Batumike, R., Zoletto, B., Petridis, N., Kaplin, B., Cuni-Sanchez, A., Gora, E. (2024). Lightning strike locations and characteristics in Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda, surveyed in June 2022 and October 2023. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre 10.5285/d47e78bc-2227-4bc7-90ae-9ec871c52bec
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role Manchester Metropolitan University Sullivan, M. Author University of the Sunshine Coast Ngute, A.
Author Manchester Metropolitan University Batumike, R.
Author Wageningen University & Research Zoletto, B.
Author Wageningen University & Research Petridis, N.
Author University of Rwanda Kaplin, B.
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Author Norwegian University of Life Sciences Cuni-Sanchez, A.
Author Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies Gora, E.
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Author Manchester Metropolitan University Owner NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Custodian NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Publisher Manchester Metropolitan University
Sullivan, M. Point of contact
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If you reuse this data, you should cite: Sullivan, M., Ngute, A., Batumike, R., Zoletto, B., Petridis, N., Kaplin, B., Cuni-Sanchez, A., Gora, E. (2024). Lightning strike locations and characteristics in Nyungwe National Park, Rwanda, surveyed in June 2022 and October 2023. NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre https://doi.org/10.5285/d47e78bc-2227-4bc7-90ae-9ec871c52bec
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- 1 urn:ogc:def:uom:EPSG::9001
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- English
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
- Begin date
- 2022-06-01
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- 2023-10-31
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- WGS 84
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/data/d47e78bc-2227-4bc7-90ae-9ec871c52bec Download the data
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Protocol Linkage Name https://data-package.ceh.ac.uk/sd/d47e78bc-2227-4bc7-90ae-9ec871c52bec.zip Supporting information
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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services
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- 2010-12-08
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A total of 23.3km of trails were surveyed in Nyungwe National Park in June 2022, covering the majority of trails accessible from the Uwinka station. Canopy disturbances (i.e. clusters of dead or damaged trees) encountered along these trails were inspected to assess for flashover damage (visually apparent as the defoliation of the two nearest branches of neighbouring trees in a directionally biased pattern). If a tree exhibited potential flashover damage to two or more neighbors, it was selected for more detailed surveys to assess whether patterns of damage were consistent with lightning. The presumptive directly struck tree was identified as the canopy tree at the center of observed flashover damage. Tree-level surveys of lightning damage were conducted for this tree, along with any other tree with a diameter at breast height > 50 cm within the lightning strike area. A subset of trails was resurveyed in October 2023, revisiting existing strike locations on these trails and surveying new disturbances.
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- d47e78bc-2227-4bc7-90ae-9ec871c52bec XML
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- English
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- 8859 Part 1
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- 2025-03-21T10:50:46
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- UK GEMINI
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Organisation name Individual name Electronic mail address Role NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre Point of contact
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