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18 Jun 2021
Research article |
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| 18 Jun 2021
Global ground strike point characteristics in negative downward lightning flashes – Part 2: Algorithm validation
Dieter R. Poelman
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
Royal Meteorological Institute of Belgium, Brussels, Belgium
Austrian Lightning Detection and Information System (ALDIS), Vienna, Austria
Stephane Pedeboy
Météorage, Pau, France
Leandro Z. S. Campos
Campos Scientific Computing, São José dos Campos, Brazil
Michihiro Matsui
Franklin Japan Corporation, Sagamihara 212-0212, Japan
Dustin Hill
Scientific Lightning Solutions LLC (SLS), Titusville, Florida, USA
Marcelo Saba
National Institute for Space Research, INPE, São José dos Campos, Brazil
Hugh Hunt
The Johannesburg Lightning Research Laboratory, School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, Johannesburg, South Africa
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The lightning flash density is a key input parameter for assessing the risk of occurrence of a lightning strike. Flashes tend to have more than one ground termination point on average; therefore the use of ground strike point densities is more appropriate. The aim of this study is to assess the ability of three distinct ground strike point algorithms to correctly determine the observed ground-truth strike points.
The lightning flash density is a key input parameter for assessing the risk of occurrence of a...
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