Lightning currents measured on the Säntis Tower: A summary of the results obtained in 2010 and 2011

Author

Romero, C. ; Rachidi, Farhad ; Rubinstein, Marcos ; PAOLONE, MARIO

Author_Institution

EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

fYear

2013

fDate

5-9 Aug. 2013

Firstpage

825

Lastpage

828

Abstract

The deployed instrumentation at the Säntis Tower in Switzerland to measure lightning currents and lightning current derivatives is presented. During the first 18 months of operation, the measurement system successfully recorded more than 200 flashes to the tower. 15% of the recorded flashes (namely 30) were of positive polarity, and 1.5% (3 flashes) were bipolar. We also present a summary of the statistical data obtained so far for the salient parameters of the currents associated with upward negative and positive flashes.

Keywords

atmospheric electromagnetic wave propagation; atmospheric measuring apparatus; electric current measurement; lightning; poles and towers; Säntis Tower; Switzerland; bipolar flashes; current salient parameters; instrumentation; lightning current derivatives; lightning currents measurement; positive flashes; positive polarity; statistical data; upward negative flashes; Charge transfer; Coils; Current measurement; Geophysical measurements; Instruments; Lightning; Poles and towers;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC), 2013 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

ISSN

2158-110X

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0408-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISEMC.2013.6670524

Filename

6670524