Research of spatio-temporal variability of the parameters of thunderstorm activity in the North Caucasus according to date of the lightning direction finder

Abstract In the article, with the help of the data of the system of lightning direction finding established in the North Caucasus on the basis of the analysis of the materials of lightning parameters registration, the regularities of the space-time variability of the parameters of thunderstorm activity are established. Maps of the distribution of the number of lightning discharges and discharge currents per square kilometer are given and the relevance of the obtained technology is estimated.