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https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-1909-2021
https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-21-1909-2021
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18 Jun 2021
Research article |  | 18 Jun 2021

Global ground strike point characteristics in negative downward lightning flashes – Part 1: Observations

Dieter R. Poelman, Wolfgang Schulz, Stephane Pedeboy, Dustin Hill, Marcelo Saba, Hugh Hunt, Lukas Schwalt, Christian Vergeiner, Carlos T. Mata, Carina Schumann, and Tom Warner

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Information about lightning properties is important in order to advance the current understanding of lightning, whereby the characteristics of ground strike points are in particular helpful to improving the risk estimation for lightning protection. High-speed video recordings of 1174 negative downward lightning flashes are taken in different regions around the world and analyzed in terms of flash multiplicity, duration, interstroke intervals and ground strike point properties.
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