@InProceedings{SchumannHuTaFeNiWaSa:2018:HiViOb,
               author = "Schumann, Carina and Hunt, Hugh G. P. and Tasman, Jesse and 
                         Fensham, Haydn and Nixon, Ken and Warner, Tom and Saba, Marcelo 
                         Magalh{\~a}es Fares",
          affiliation = "{University of the Witwatersrand} and {University of the 
                         Witwatersrand} and {University of the Witwatersrand} and 
                         {University of the Witwatersrand} and {University of the 
                         Witwatersrand} and {ZT Research} and {Instituto Nacional de 
                         Pesquisas Espaciais (INPE)}",
                title = "High-speed video observation of lightning flashes over 
                         Johannesburg, South Africa 2017 - 2018",
                 year = "2018",
                pages = "e8503429",
         organization = "International Conference on Lightning Protection, 34.",
             keywords = "South African lightning, high-speed camera, upward lightning, 
                         downward lightning.",
             abstract = "South Africa has a long history of lightning research. Tall towers 
                         provide a useful tool for investigating lightning as they 
                         generally have a high repeatability of events. The Johannesburg 
                         region in the Gauteng province has two tall towers, the Brixton 
                         tower and the Hillbrow tower, with a high frequency of lightning 
                         events. This paper presents a project beginning in January 2017 
                         and aims to study the physics of lightning through high-speed 
                         video observation and fast electric field measurements. 
                         Thunderstorms over Johannesburg have a high cloud base which 
                         allows for visible channels from the tall towers. More than 200 
                         videos of downward and upward flashes were observed since the 
                         project started. Also, 6 flashes to a 53 m tall building were 
                         observed. The project also aims to raise awareness around 
                         lightning dangers in Africa.",
  conference-location = "Rzeszow, Poland",
      conference-year = "02-07 set.",
                  doi = "10.1109/ICLP.2018.8503429",
                  url = "http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICLP.2018.8503429",
                 isbn = "978-153866635-7",
             language = "en",
           targetfile = "schumman_high.pdf",
        urlaccessdate = "03 jun. 2024"
}