This study aims to find a correlation between lightning polarity and microphysical properties of a storm cloud, for events where large amounts of lightning damage have occured and/or there has been a reported lightning-related fatality.
Reference:
Simpson, LA, Botai, J, De Koning, E and Sivakumar, V. 2011. 27th Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences: the Interdependent Atmosphere, Land and Ocean, Hartbeespoort, 22-23 September 2011
Simpson, L., Botai, J., De Koning, E., & Sivakumar, V. (2011). Comparing lightning polarity and cloud microphysical properties over regions of high ground flash density in South Africa. South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5334
Simpson, LA, J Botai, E De Koning, and V Sivakumar. "Comparing lightning polarity and cloud microphysical properties over regions of high ground flash density in South Africa." (2011): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5334
Simpson L, Botai J, De Koning E, Sivakumar V, Comparing lightning polarity and cloud microphysical properties over regions of high ground flash density in South Africa; South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences; 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/5334 .
27th Annual Conference of the South African Society for Atmospheric Sciences: the Interdependent Atmosphere, Land and Ocean, Hartbeespoort, 22-23 September 2011