Lightning incidence over the southeastern microregion of Para State, Brazil

Lightning is a real threat for different activities in the Pará State in Brazil. The southeastern microregion of the State of Pará is a region with high population density, extensive agricultural activity, large mining companies and hydroelectric power plants. This paper presents a study of lightning occurrence in the southeastern microregion of Pará for the period from 2013 to 2017 using STARNET reprocessed data. In addition, in order to study the occurrence of different types of lightning in the region, we used data from the LDWSS to observe compact intracloud discharges (CIDs), regular intracloud, and positive and negative cloud-to-ground lightning. Currently, there is a LDWSS installed in the building of the Federal University of Southern and South of Pará, located in the city of Marabá. The results show which cities have the highest lightning density. In addition, we show the statistics of occurrence of different types of lightning to one day through LDWSS data.