New results at the Pic du Midi lightning station

Author

Sigogne, Charly ; Pignolet, Pascal ; Reess, Thierry ; De Ferron, Antoine Silvestre ; Berger, G. ; Lafon, Guy ; Serrie, Gerard

Author_Institution

Equipe Genie Electr., Lab. de Sci. pour l´Ingenieur Appl. a la Mec. et au genie Electr., Pau, France

fYear

2013

fDate

7-11 Oct. 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

The lightning station has been installed at the top of the Pic du Midi to observe and record the lightning attachment to an instrumented rod. Direct measurements of the lightning current and atmospheric electric field are recorded. Various video cameras are used to analyse the flash impacts to the rod and also to various parts of its surroundings. Our goal is to instrument mainly one Observatory building protected by means of a rod to record lightning impacts and, if any, notice some possible LPS by-passes, a direct evaluation of the protected zone. New results obtained during summer 2013 lightning season will be presented.

Keywords

lightning; video cameras; AD 2013; LPS by-passes; Observatory rod protected building; Pic du Midi lightning station; Pic du Midi top; atmospheric electric field; direct lightning current measurements; flash impact analysis; instrumented rod; lightning attachment observation; lightning attachment record; lightning impact record; protected zone direct evaluation; summer lightning season; video cameras; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Cameras; Current measurement; Electric fields; Lightning; direct measurements; lightning protective area; lightning rod; natural conditions;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lightning Protection (XII SIPDA), 2013 International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Belo Horizonte

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-1343-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SIPDA.2013.6729230

Filename

6729230