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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 23 km 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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  Manchester Metropolitan University - Sullivan, M.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5955-0483
Author
  University of the Sunshine Coast - Ngute, A.
Author
  Manchester Metropolitan University - Batumike, R.
Author
  Wageningen University & Research - Zoletto, B.
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  Wageningen University & Research - Petridis, N.
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  University of Rwanda - Kaplin, B.
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  Norwegian University of Life Sciences - Cuni-Sanchez, A.
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  Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies - Gora, E.
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  Manchester Metropolitan University
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  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Publisher
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Point of contact
  Manchester Metropolitan University - Sullivan, M.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5955-0483
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  • Atmospheric Conditions
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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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Begin date
2022-06-01
End date
2023-10-31
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Date (Publication)
2010-12-08
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A total of 23.3 km 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 neighbours, 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 centre 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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2025-06-03T11:48:34
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2.3
Point of contact
  NERC EDS Environmental Information Data Centre
Lancaster Environment Centre, Library Avenue, Bailrigg , Lancaster , LA1 4AP , UK
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