Published Resources Details
Journal Article
- Title
- Thunderstorms in the Brisbane area
- In
- Journal of the Institution of Engineers, Australia
- Imprint
- vol. 32, no. 3, Mar 1960, pp. 33-45
- ISBN/ISSN
- 0020-3319
- Description
This paper, No.1472, originated in the Brisbane Division of The Institution and is to be presented before a General Meeting of the Division on 8th April, 1960.
The author, S. A. Prentice MEE BSc MIEAust, is Professor of Electrical Engineering in the University of Queensland.[This paper was awarded the Electrical Engineering Prize 1960.]
- Abstract
Thunderstorms occurring in the Brisbane area (latitude 27½°S; longitude 153°E, with a sub-tropical climate) have been studied as part of a continuing survey of thunderstorms in Queensland, particularly of aspects affecting electricity supply. As an important parameter in transmission line design is the frequency of occurrence of lightning strokes to ground per annum within a unit area (symbol N), attention has been given to the still
unsolved problem of recording this automatically.
Part A of this paper gives the records of occurrence of storms in the Brisbane area for the period 1954-58 together with lightning fault rates for transmission lines in this and surrounding areas. These rates are indicative of the variation in N.
Part B comprises a survey of lightning stroke counters, and describes a procedure for checking their performance.
Part A will be of interest to electricity supply authorities, and in fact to all concerned with the risk of damage by lightning ; Part B is intended as a contribution-to the current world-wide experimentation with lightning stroke counters.