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
The Johannesburg Lightning Research Laboratory, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
Lukas Schwalt
Institute of High Voltage Engineering and System Performance, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
Christian Vergeiner
Institute of High Voltage Engineering and System Performance, Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria
Carlos T. Mata
Scientific Lightning Solutions LLC (SLS), Titusville, Florida, USA
Carina Schumann
The Johannesburg Lightning Research Laboratory, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
Tom Warner
ZT Research, Rapid City, South Dakota, USA
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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.
Information about lightning properties is important in order to advance the current...
