TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Modeling and Analysis of a Lightning Accident in Gävle, Sweden
JO  - Journal of lightning research
A1  - Roman, F
A1  - Alarcon, A
A1  - Santamaria, F
SP  - 51
EP  - 59
VL  - 1
IS  - 
N2  - A lightning accident in a soccer field which occurred in the city of Gävle, Sweden in 1994, is described in this paper. The victim was a 16 years old girl, who at the moment of the accident was the goalkeeper in a soccer team. The victim was hardly injured by a direct lightning impact. The electrogeometric method was applied to show why the victim was attached by lightning. The LLP system data showed a 16 kA lightning flash without subsequent strokes. However, the soccer shoes showed three holes as evidence of three current paths. Three holes were also found on the earth surface, a clear evidence of the lightning current paths. The victim could be affected by two possible lightning events: 1- A lightning flash with one component and three different current paths to ground or 2- A lightning flash with three subsequent strokes. A human electrical body model was used to study both mentioned possible events. Results show that in a victim, a single lightning-current can be split into, at least, two different current paths.    <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1652-8034
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -